How to protect yourself from infection with the BA.5 mutation? Dr. Afelt’s advice must be taken to heart

At the end of June (June 23-29) we had 2,422 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Poland. The following week brought 4163 cases of illnesses. Today it is over 7 thousand. (according to the last weekly report of the Ministry of Health, there are exactly 7569 of them). These are official statistics, based on the results of tests performed only in the hospital or primary health care.

13.07.2022 | poland.postsen.com

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Parcours d’exception : L’expertise d’Aneta Afelt au service de l’épidémiologie

La Dr. Aneta Afelt et toute l’équipe consultative interdisciplinaire COVID-19 de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences (PAN) - opérationnelle depuis juin 2020 - s’est vu attribuer la médaille Copernic pour ses réalisations scientifiques exceptionnelles.

08.12.2021 | France Diplomatie

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A new variant of the coronavirus that is learning. What to do? Scientists from the Polish Academy of Sciences: Vaccinate!

Thirteen people who flew to Amsterdam from South Africa have a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 – Omicron – the Dutch Ministry of Health announced on Sunday 28 November 2021. A total of 61 passengers traveling from South Africa were infected with the coronavirus. “This is probably the tip of the iceberg,” assessed the Dutch Health Minister.

28.11.2021 | Spark Chronicles

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Coronavirus in Poland. Epidemic situation. A third wave of pandemics is possible. Comment by Aneta Afelt and Joanna Zajkowska

– Our calculations clearly show that, unfortunately, relaxation around Christmas and pre-Christmas is the reason for the possibility of the third wave. Virtually all European countries are counting on this third wave, – said Dr. Aneta Afelt from the Interdisciplinary Center for Mathematical and Computational Modeling of the University of Warsaw in “Faktach po Faktach” on TVN24. Professor Joanna Zajkowska from the University Pedagogical Hospital in Białystok drew attention to the role of vaccination in the fight against the virus. She said she was witnessing a “growing desire to vaccinate Poles”

11.01.2021 | Variety Info

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Europe’s Deadly Second Wave: How Did It Happen Again?

By early June, scarred and battered, Europe was emerging from the depths of its fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

04.12.2020 | The New York Times

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These EU countries crushed coronavirus in the spring. Can they do it again?

Eastern and Southern European countries must now walk a tightrope to hold on to earlier victories.

07.09.2020 | Politico

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Virtual ICM Seminar: ‘The Promises of the One Health Concept in the Age of Anthropocen’

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling (ICM) at the University of Warsaw invites enthusiasts of HPC and all people interested in challenging topics in Computer and Computational Science to the ICM Seminar in Computer and Computational Science that will be held on May 28, 2020 (16:00 CEST).

27.05.2020 | HPC WIRE

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’Promiscuous treatment of nature’ will lead to more pandemics – scientists

Habitat destruction forces wildlife into human environments, where new diseases flourish.

07.05.2020 | THE GUARDIAN

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Kaip masinis miškų kirtimas gali prisidėti prie dar daugiau infekcinių ligų

Pasaulio miškai veikia tarsi skydai, apsaugantys žmones nuo koronavirusų ir kitų ligų. Jų naikinimas gali sukelti dar didesnes ir sunkiai nuspėjamas pasekmes mūsų visų sveikatai.

05.05.2020 | Alfa

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How deforestation can lead to more infectious diseases

The world's forests act as shields, keeping humans safe from coronaviruses and other diseases. Their destruction can unleash devastating consequences for global public health.

29.04.2020 | Deutsche Welle

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Tropical deforestation releases deadly infection

Now scientists say the trees harbour deadly infections too. Brazil’s burning forests are bad news for the global climate.

29.04.2020 | Climat News Network

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O elo entre desmatamento e epidemias investigado pela ciência

Cientistas alertam há décadas para o risco de novas doenças como consequência da destruição de florestas. Assim como a Ásia, origem do novo coronavírus, a Amazônia é vista como possível polo de enfermidades.

15.04.2020 | Deutsche Welle

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Wie Umweltzerstörung neue Epidemien begünstigt

Sars-CoV-2 stammt von einem Tier. Allein in Fledermäusen und Flughunden existieren mehr als 3000 Coronaviren. Ist ihr Lebensraum zerstört, rücken sie näher an den Menschen - und eine Übertragung wird wahrscheinlicher.

11.04.2020 | Bernerzeitung

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Coronavirus und Zoonosen. Die Zerstörung des Planeten befeuert Epidemien – und ist Teil der Corona-Krise

Wenn wir Lebensräume zerstören, die Artenvielfalt gefährden, lassen wir wilde Tiere immer näher an uns herankommen. Die Folge: Sie übertragen Krankheiten, tot oder lebendig. So auch das Pangolin, eines der am häufigsten illegal gehandelten Tiere der Welt - und möglicher Überträger des Coronavirus.

07.04.2020 | Focus

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Deforestación y coronavirus: los cimientos de una pandemia

“Aunque la transmisión directa de coronavirus desde murciélagos hacia humanos no ha sido documentada todavía, estamos creando las condiciones que favorecen el encuentro entre estos virus, animales domésticos y seres humanos, y esto implica una amenaza a tener muy en cuenta en el futuro”.

25.03.2020 | Ecomandanga

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How Deforestation Drives The Emergence Of Novel Coronaviruses

Scientists hav been warning that deforestation may be creating an accidental laboratory for the emergence of new viruses in environments that have been disturbed by humans.

21.03.2020 | Forbes

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Летучие мыши, вторжение в природу и новые пандемии. Часть 2

В первой части обзора мы обсуждали, являются ли летучие мыши, или рукокрылые, «исключительно» активными переносчиками вируса, и как события внешней среды влияют на их способность заражать других животных и людей. (…) Сегодня мы изучим, как вмешательство человека в природу может усугубить новые эпидемии, откуда их ждать, и что делать, чтобы им противостоять.

16.03.2020 | Polit.ru

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Waldabholzungen, Corona und Fledermäuse: Zur Entstehung einer ansteckenden Epidemie

Seit die Urwälder weltweit gerodet werde, warnen uns Experten vor der Zerstörung der Umwelt und der «natürlichen DNA» der Zivilisation.

16.03.2020 | Umwelt Perspektiven

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Coronavirus: How killer disease spread from bats to humans – and we are likely to blame

CORONAVIRUS disease (COVID-19) has infected more than 82,000 people worldwide after human activity led to bats spreading the disease, an epidemiologist has claimed.

27.02.2020 | Daily and Sunday Express

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Związek między zmianą klimatu a chorobami zakaźnymi [24.12.2021]

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