Tracking Covid -19  by Mobile Apps:

Late last week Apple and Google caused
a stir with the announcement that they
would work together on COVID-19
contact-tracing technology.
For Android users, updates will be
directly available from Google Play.Apple
and Google are to join forces to launch
application programming interfaces
(APIs) to make it possible to trace the
transmission of the virus.The goal is to
ensure that all smartphones, regardless
of whether they run on Android or iOS,
will be able to communicate with each
other, via a simple Bluetooth connection
with a view to offering their owners up-
to-date information on their levels of
exposure to infection.

Social Distancing but not the Environmental factors can control spreading of Covid-19:

According to a Canadian study, researchers compared the
number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United
States, Canada and other countries on March 20 and
again on March 27, to determine the effect of latitude,
temperature, humidity, school closures, restrictions of
mass gatherings, and social distancing on the spread
of the disease. They looked at a total of more than
375,600 confirmed COVID-19 cases.
The results showed little or no association between
latitude or temperature with a rise in COVID-19 cases
and a weak association between humidity and fewer cases.
But school closures, social distancing and restrictions
of large gatherings have helped control cases,
according to the researchers.

Pharmacist's Blog : How does Vitamin-D boost up the immune system:Nea...

Pharmacist's Blog : How does Vitamin-D boost up the immune system:
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Covid-19 Preventive Tips:

 

The main sources of vitamin D are sunshine, fatty fish, egg yolks, fish liver oils, fortified

foods and supplements.

As Supplements You can take to ensure prevention Against COVID-19.

Rx.

1.Cap.Vital-D /Cap. D-Rise -800IU

(1+0+1).......1Month.

Clinical Features of Covid-19 with the percentage of infected populations are as follows :-

Fever (87.9%),

Dry cough (67.7%),

Fatigue (38.1%),

Sputum production (33.4%),

Shortness of breath (18.6%),

Sore throat (13.9%),

Headache (13.6%),

Myalgia or arthralgia (14.8%),

Chills (11.4%),

Nausea or vomiting (5.0%),

Nasal congestion (4.8%),

Diarrhea (3.7%), and

Hemoptysis (0.9%), and

Conjunctival congestion (0.8%)

ARDS (3%)

Abnormalities on chest X-ray (59%)

Radiological findings on chest CT scan (86%)

Importance of Vitamin-D for well being:-

Vitamin D is essential for bone health and many other aspects of health.

A deficiency is incredibly common, and may have severe health consequences for many

people.

If you're thinking about adding more vitamin D to your diet, consider the following factors:

• If you live somewhere where there is sun year-round, then you may not need extra vitamin

D as long as you make sure to get enough sun.

If you do not have access to the sun, then vitamin D3 supplements of 1000-4000 IU

(25-100 micrograms) should be enough for most people.

The only way to know if you actually need to take a vitamin D supplement is to have your

blood levels measured.

At the end of the day, vitamin D is highly important. Correcting a deficiency is simple, cheap

and can have immense health benefits.

How does Vitamin-D boost up the immune system:

Nearly all immune cells have vitamin D receptors, showing vitamin D

interacts with the immune system.

The active vitamin D hormone, calcitriol, helps regulate both the

innate and adaptive immune systems, our first and second lines of defence against pathogens.

And vitamin D deficiency is associated with immune dysregulation, a

breakdown or change in the control of immune system processes.

Many of the ways calcitriol affects the immune system are directly

relevant to our ability to defend against viruses.

For example, calcitriol triggers the production of cathelicidin and

other defensins – natural antivirals capable of preventing the virus

from replicating and entering a cell.

Calcitriol can also increase the number of a particular type of immune

cell (CD8+ T cells), which play a critical role in clearing acute viral

infections (such as influenza) in the lungs.

Calcitriol also suppresses pro-inflammatory cytokines, molecules

secreted from immune cells which, as their name suggests, promote inflammation. 

Some scientists have suggested vitamin D might help to alleviate the "cytokine storm” described in the most severe COVID-19

cases.