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symptoms, altered haematological as well as liver-test parameters, which resulted in subsequent death in a short time span. NIT Jalandhar discussed the various aspects of this case regarding the treatment and haematological parameters. Further, NIT Jalandhar has also put forward perspectives related to the mechanism behind severity and neurological symptoms in this fatal parasite-virus co-infection case. In malaria-endemic regions, due to overlapping symptoms, suspected COVID-19 patients should also be monitored for diagnosis of malaria without any delay. The SARS-CoV-2 and Plasmodium co-infection could increase the disease severity in a short time span. In treatment, dexamethasone may not help in a severe case that has malaria as well as COVID-19 positive status. This will need further exploration.
Schematic representation of possible microenvironment at blood-brain barrier in: A) normal individual, B) malaria and COVID-19 positive individual
Contact info:
nirmal.mahakud@kims.ac.in, hemcjha@iiti.ac.in
Website link:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084910/pdf/main.pdf
Cloud computing to solve problems of COVID-19 pandemic
Cloud computing facilitates collaboration, communication, and essential online services during the COVID-19 crisis. The current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic has compelled people to work from their homes, but they have to communicate and collaborate online. Thus, researchers from NIT Jalandhar see an essential role of cloud computing in taking up this challenge of working from home and delivering efficiently. A brief review of cloud computing service in the context of COVID-19 pandemic has been done using recent papers by searching keywords such as ‘cloud computing’ and ‘COVID-19’ from PubMed’s database SCOPUS and Google Scholar. During the lockdown situation, cloud computing technology helped provide commendable service in the healthcare domain. It provides an advanced infrastructure for facilitating digital transformation. A brief discussion has been initiated on how cloud computing components are vital for overcoming the ongoing situation. This paper also studies the remote working of cloud computing for the COVID-19 pandemic and finally it also identifies significant cloud computing applications for the COVID-19 pandemic. All countries are focussed on reducing this virus’s spread. So, this technology helps minimise the spread of this virus by providing online services. It provides an innovative environment that enhances the creativity and productivity of healthcare workers. This technology is efficient in detecting, tracking, and monitoring newly infected patients. In the future, this technology will insight and provide control over this infection
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COVID-19 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EFFORTS IN INDIA