Corona Virus Net is the web resource for anyone interested in Coronaviruses. Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). A novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a new strain that has not been previously identified in humans. Coronaviruses are zoonotic, meaning they are transmitted between animals and humans. Common signs of infection include respiratory symptoms, fever, cough, and shortness of breath. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death. Standard recommendations to prevent infection spread include regular hand washing, covering mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing. Also avoid close contact with anyone showing symptoms of respiratory illness such as coughing and sneezing.

A pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan, China was first reported to the WHO on 31 December 2019. The outbreak of COVID-19 was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020 by the WHO. As of March 11th, the WHO declared the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, acknowledging that the virus will likely spread to all countries in the world.

The objectives of Corona Virus Net are to be the public and professional information resource for coronaviruses and to serve as a network in the exchange of information and news related to coronaviruses. What do you know about the novel Coronavirus that is causing a health emergency?

• Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Chicago Moves Up to ‘Medium' COVID Level, COVID Concerns Rise as Holidays Approach - NBC Chicago
  Mon, 28 Nov 2022 17:30 GMT
• Feline coronavirus-infected domesticated cats found to possess cross-reactive anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies - News-Medical.Net
  Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:13 GMT
• COVID in California: Yet another coronavirus strain is on CDC's radar - San Francisco Chronicle
  Mon, 28 Nov 2022 17:45 GMT
• Oh rats! Researchers find coronavirus in NYC sewer rodents, report says - SILive.com
  Sun, 27 Nov 2022 22:33 GMT
• Gov. Ige looks back on coronavirus and tourism shutdown - Maui News
  Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:21 GMT
• As China hits record 40,052 daily cases, can zero-Covid policy continue? - South China Morning Post
  Mon, 28 Nov 2022 04:01 GMT
• Officials in China ease some Covid measures, ban blocking exits - South China Morning Post
  Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:15 GMT
• Coronavirus pandemic latest: Nov. 28, 2022 - Kyodo News Plus
  Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:14 GMT
• Russia claims US developed ‘synthetic coronavirus pathogen’ | Daily Sabah - Daily Sabah
  Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:28 GMT
• Covid blood-thinner drug treatment dangerous and does not work – study - The Guardian
  Mon, 28 Nov 2022 10:35 GMT
• Coronavirus testing reminder - Premier of Tasmania
  Mon, 28 Nov 2022 04:27 GMT
• Fauci urges updated coronavirus shots in 'final message' from White House - The Washington Post
  Tue, 22 Nov 2022 22:12 GMT
• Coronavirus tally: China protests in focus as Dr. Fauci says zero-COVID strategy -- and China-made vaccines -- are not working - MarketWatch
  Mon, 28 Nov 2022 11:22 GMT
• CORONAVIRUS: Pop-up vaccination clinic in West Seattle for all ages | West Seattle Blog... - West Seattle Blog
  Sun, 27 Nov 2022 05:46 GMT
• What are the key challenges facing China’s economic recovery in 2023? - South China Morning Post
  Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:00 GMT

• PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (323): Pfizer vaccine in children, vaccine diplomacy, WHO
  Mon, 20 Sep 2021 21:44:10 -0400
  COVID-19 -- Worldwide/Unknown
  A lower dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine -- one-3rd the amount given to adults and teens -- is safe and triggered a robust immune response in children as young as 5 years old, the drug companies announced in a news release Monday morning.
  The finding, eagerly anticipated by many parents and pediatricians, is a crucial step toward the 2-shot coronavirus vaccine regimen becoming available for younger school-aged children, perhaps close to Halloween.
  The companies still must

• Per1 gene polymorphisms influence the relationship between brain white matter microstructure and depression risk Mon, 28 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0500
  CONCLUSION: Our findings suggested that the PER1 genotypes and emotion-related WM microstructure may provide more effective measures of depression risk at an early phase.
• Predictive machine learning model for microvascular invasion identification in hepatocellular carcinoma based on the LI-RADS system Mon, 28 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0500
  CONCLUSION: A combination of LI-RADS features and non-LI-RADS features and serum alpha-fetoprotein value could be applied as a preoperative biomarker for predicting MVI by the machine learning approach. Furthermore, its good performance in the subgroup by LI-RADS category may help optimize the management of HCC patients.
• The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of instrumental help by older people across Europe Mon, 28 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0500
  The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 introduced new challenges to social cohesion across Europe. Epidemiological control measures instituted in almost all European countries have impacted the possibility to provide help to others. In addition, individual characteristics contributed to whether individuals were able and willing to provide help to or receive help from others. Against this background, we focus on how private support networks of individuals aged 50 years and older...
• Impact of COVID-19 on postgraduate medical education: Cross sectional survey from an Indian Medical College Mon, 28 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0500
  CONCLUSION: COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on medical education are long lasting. A comprehensive approach is required to rebuild the medical education curriculum, inculcating both traditional and newer virtual methods of education. A consistent support in academics and overall growth needs to be provided to medical postgraduate residents who have been the first line fighters in face of the massive disaster compromising their basic needs and education.
• Brain microstructural changes and fatigue after COVID-19 Mon, 28 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0500
  CONCLUSIONS: Quantitative d-MRI detected changes in the WM microstructure of patients recovering from COVID-19. This study suggests a possible brain substrate underlying the symptoms caused by SARS-CoV-2 during medium- to long-term recovery.
• A survey of health status of healthcare providers in a square cabin hospital during the new corona omicron outbreak: A cross-sectional study Mon, 28 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0500
  CONCLUSION: In the case of an unexpected pandemic, the mental health of healthcare providers is not optimistic. This situation still exists more than 2 years after the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the physical and mental health of long-term healthcare providers working in a square cabin hospital still needs monitoring.
• Research on the influence of indoor thermal environment and activity levels on thermal comfort in protective clothing Mon, 28 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0500
  With the outbreak of infectious diseases such as Corona Virus Disease 2019, medical staff work intensively in isolated plots, medical disposable protective clothing (MDPC) has poor air condition and humidity permeability, which seriously reduces the thermal comfort of medical staff. In this paper, the effect of indoor thermal environment and activity levels on thermal comfort inside MDPC was studied by experiment. Five parts of the body were measured inside MDPC and the appropriate movements...
• Lesion Location Predicts Early Neurological Deterioration in Single Subcortical Infarction Mon, 28 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0500
  Background- A certain number of patients with single subcortical small infarction (SSSI) in the lenticulostriate artery (LSA) territory present with early neurological deterioration (END). Objective-We sought to identify more specific predicting imaging marker for END in lenticulostriate SSSI patients. Methods-We screened patients in a prospective hospital-based registry of stroke in the first Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2015 to December 2020. Lesion locations were...
• Predicting protein function and orientation on a gold nanoparticle surface using a residue-based affinity scale Sun, 27 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0500
  The orientation adopted by proteins on nanoparticle surfaces determines the nanoparticle's bioactivity and its interactions with living systems. Here, we present a residue-based affinity scale for predicting protein orientation on citrate-gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). Competitive binding between protein variants accounts for thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of adsorption in this scale. For hydrophobic residues, the steric considerations dominate, whereas electrostatic interactions are critical...
• A data-driven model-free adaptive controller with application to wind turbines Sun, 27 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0500
  A data-driven controller is presented in this paper, which stems from the well known model-free adaptive control approach based on an equivalent linearized dynamical model of the plant. Inspired by the recent paper (Liu and Yang, 2019), the output tracking problem is here solved by a data-driven adaptive sliding-mode controller simultaneously ensuring prescribed performance constraints. To allow a rigorous stability analysis, the sliding variable, and the consequently derived controller, have...