Daily Archives: November 10, 2020

WHO urges world leader ‘to prepare for new pandemic’

The call comes as the world is still struggling to suppress COVID-19 infections as national caseloads continue to rise steadily in most countries. “We must prepare for the next pandemic now,” said WHO in a news release. “We’ve seen this past year that countries with robust health emergency preparedness infrastructure have been able to act…

Cough droplets can travel beyond six feet, new simulation study suggests

A new simulation study suggests that a person coughing can disperse droplets well beyond six feet, and that anyone shorter than the person coughing — such as children — might be at a greater risk of encountering the downward trajectory of those cough droplets. During the coronavirus pandemic, the dispersion of cough droplets has become…