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| Prof Dhar, VCJU delivers 1st Web Talk on “The Science behind COVID-19” | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, May 6: More than 100 participants comprising of eminent personalities participated in the Web Talk delivered by Prof. Manoj Dhar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Jammu, which was organized by the Media Cell, University of Jammu.
Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Dhar dedicated today’s Web Talk to frontline Corona Warriors, who are risking their lives to save ours such as doctors, nurses, policemen, government officials, media, sanitation workers and gave salutations to all these unsung Heroes of this pandemic.
Prof Dhar in his PowerPoint presentation shared valuable information about COVID-19 caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (SARS-CoV-2). Starting with the basic concepts to the most recent information about Corona viruses, he mesmerized the audience with a masterly presentation. Prof. Dhar underlined the importance of social distancing, sanitization and constant vigil, until a vaccine/drug is developed to control this highly contagious and dangerous virus. COVID-19 is proving to be the biggest challenge of the Century so far, and India with a population of 1.38 billion, is facing a daunting task to overcome the negative effects of the pandemic. Viruses are genetic entities falling in between the living and non-living States. They can reproduce only inside a host cell after causing infection, said Prof Dhar. Vice-Chancellor in detail talked about the genetic material of the viruses.
In order to create better understanding about the spread of COVID 19, Prof. Dhar highlighted the most common routes of transmission of virus i.e. droplets and close contact and in some cases aerosol transmission. He said that Coronaviruses can also be present in stools, gastrointestinal tract, saliva and urine. He said that various commercial and research labs have developed Rapid diagnostic test kits which can detect SARS-COV 2 in few hours.
Although several Countries in the World are working very hard to develop the vaccine against the COVID 19 but as of now what is required is the prevention to break the transmission thereby control the progress of the disease proactively. Prof Dhar exhorted that all the citizens of this Country should download ‘AarogyaSetu’ the tracking mobile application in order to keep themselves updated about the virus and the warnings related to the risk of Covid-19.
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