Bill Gates was apparently aware that a pandemic was coming and he knew that we’re not ready for it. The co-founder of Microsoft who recently announced stepping down from the board of his brainchild talked on several occasions throughout the last decade about something like the new coronavirus. Bill Gates’s […]
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While People Are in Quarantines, Monkeys Are Strolling the Streets of Thailand & Deer Are Spotted on Japanese Streets
With cities globally setting lockdowns and quarantines because of the coronavirus outbreak and recommending people to distance themselves from each other, social media has been filled with posts about animals wandering the empty streets. Unfortunately, many of these positive animal stories were actually fake- there were no drunken elephants in […]
Rihanna Donates $5 Million for the Fight against the Coronavirus through Her Charitable Foundation
Through her charitable organization, the Clara Lionel Foundation named after her grandparents, the pop singer and entrepreneur Rihanna donated $5 million to different organizations on the forefront in the fight against the coronavirus. According to the official statement by her organization, in the beginning of this year, they could’ve never […]
Quarantine Stories: This 80-Year-Old Granny Gets a Happy Birthday Song from Neighbors on Balconies
Even though they’re in lockdown because of the coronavirus outbreak, these neighbors found a way to surprise their 80-year-old neighbor on her birthday with a cake and a song. They placed a birthday cake in front of her door and also sang her ‘Happy Birthday’ from their balconies while she […]
Coronavirus Robots: They Help Save Lives by Doing Thorough Hospital Disinfection
A voice coming from this new robot says ‘please leave the room, close the door, and start disinfection’. This UVD robot says the same in Chinese too, explains Simon Ellison, VP of UVD Robots, a Danish company. This self-driving machine navigates a mock hospital room floor and it helps destroy […]
12-Year-Old Girl with Corona Is on a Ventilator & Fighting for Her Life
In Georgia, Atlanta, a 12-year-old girl named Emma is fighting for her life in the hospital after she was diagnosed with the coronavirus. Her cousin, Justin Anthony, claims that the girl was diagnosed with pneumonia on the 15th of March and was tested positive to the virus several days later. […]
Meet the ‘Shopping Angels’: Student’s Network of Volunteers Helps Elderly Shop for Groceries amidst COVID-19 Outbreak
Jayde Powell is one of the ‘shopping angels’ who’s working closely with a growing group of volunteers in supplying elderly and ill people with groceries amidst the lockdowns and quarantines because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Powell, an honor student at the Nevada University, Reno came up with the idea to […]
Italian Volunteers 3-D Printed an Essential Valve for $1 to Help COVID-19 Patients
A group of Italian volunteers distributed 3D-printed versions of a pivotal medical device to an Italian hospital battling with the COVID-19 outbreak. Cristian Fracassi and Alessandro Romaioli used their 3D printer to make unofficial copies of a patented valve that was lacking in the hospitals throughout Italy. According to some, […]
Despite COVID-19 Warnings, Thousands of College Students Celebrate on Miami Beaches
Despite the growing number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide, a lot of people are still unaware about the importance of social distancing to help reduce the virus’s spreading. This being said, thousands of college students gathered on the beaches in Miami to relax for their spring break. These students […]
Recommendations for Pregnant Women to Protect Themselves during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Although the riskс for pregnant women from the COVID-19 virus still remain unknown, medical experts believe that the symptoms may be stronger in pregnant women than in women who’re not. On the basis of several small studies, the new virus doesn’t seem to pass from the mother to the fetus; […]