Good news about Covid 19 – 29/03/20

Today’s good news about Covid-19, to look at the future with hope.

• Duke Nus Medical School in Singapore has developed a method for tracking genetic changes that could speed up the search for a coronavirus vaccine.
• Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Rambam Health Care Campus researchers have developed a simple method to accelerate the analysis of coronavirus positivity tests. By analyzing 64 or 32 people at the same time by joining the samples, it is possible to perform the analysis in record time, if a group is found positive then the analysis of the individuals will be carried out.
• UPS and Wingcopter are collaborating to develop a fixed-wing, vertical take-off drone capable of delivering heavy loads over long distances. It can be used to supply hospitals.
• The Alibaba Foundation and the Jack Ma Foundation donated 1 million masks and 100,000 swabs to the Italian Red Cross to counter the Covid-19 health emergency. On the sides of the boxes there is a special inscription, an extract from Nessun Dorma: “Dilegua, o notte! Tramontate, stelle! Tramontate, stelle! All’alba vincerò! Vincerò! Vincerò! “- a message of hope and resilience sent by Jack Ma to the Italians.