Marked as a World Health Emergency and named as COVID-19 by World Health Organization, WHO, Novel CoronaVirus is a new zoonotic virus that out-broke a fatal pandemic disease by the end of December 2019 that immerged from the city of Wuhan, China, infecting and killing thousands of people. Meanwhile, spreading to many other countries around the globe.
The aim of this panel is to introduce the profile of this virus, sharing prevention methods, and introducing the current medications used for relieving the symptoms of this virus, since there aren’t any specific treatments or a specific vaccine against this deadly disease.
Title of Panel: What is Coronavirus?
Speaker / Title of Speech:
1) Ms. Zheela Sherzad Hadad (laboratory assistant) / History of Coronavirus
2) Dr. Asos Mohammed Rasoul (chairman of pharmacy department) / Symptoms and Treatment for Coronavirus
3) Dr. Kamaran Karim (faculty member of medical laboratory science department) / Role of Immunity and Virus
4) Dr. Vijayaraddi Vandali (faculty member of the nursing department) / Preventions Aspects for Coronavirus
Venue: Auditorium (E-Building)
Date: Monday 24/2/2020
Time: 10:30 am