Public Awareness msg Corona virus Single strand RNA virus . Usually disease of animals and birds including chicken and human corona virus cause common cold . n corona virus 2019 is a new strain of corona virus identified in Wuhan China . It is probably an animal virus with animal to animal transfer . Humans got infected from contact with infected animals and them the mutated virus is spreading human to human via contact , cough , sneez ( proposed mechanism ) It can cause common cold , pneumonia

96K views · 498 reactions | At least 29 people have tested positive for Zika virus in Jaipur in Rajasthan, making it the biggest recorded outbreak of the virus in India. Reportedly, blood samples of 450 people, including 168 pregnant women, were taken for the test out of which 29 tested positive for the mosquito-borne disease. | The Logical Indian | Facebook

14K views · 188 reactions | A team of collaborators led by Wyss Core Faculty member James Collins discuss a low-cost, paper-based diagnostic system that they developed for detecting specific strains of the #Zika virus. This synthetic biology approach to sensing specific RNA sequences of a virus could be applied to rapidly developing diagnostics for future pandemics. | Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard | Facebook

147K views · 2.1K reactions | In pregnant women, acute Zika virus...