COVID Corner

Pharma company Moderna announced that its coronavirus vaccine is 94.5% effective. How does it fare compared to other vaccines?

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Pfizer announced that its COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective in preventing the disease. What do we know about this vaccine? Dr. DJ Bandoy explains the Science behind Pfizer's novel technology.

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A study from Singapore reveals a new mutation in the COVID-19 made the virus less deadly. How?

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Scientists use models to study outbreaks. How do they predict cases of new diseases, such as COVID? We spoke with genomic data scientist DJ Bandoy about epidemic models.

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Doctors use hydroxychloroquine to prevent and treat malaria and lupus. But can it prevent COVID? We spoke with genomic data scientist DJ Bandoy about prophylaxis and the coronavirus.

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We spoke with Prof. Guido David from OCTA Research about how public measures have affected transmission and how we can keep reducing the number of new cases.

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Pool testing is a method that combines samples from multiple people and carries out the test on one batch. The Philippine government said it is considering using pool testing to multiply testing capacity by 10. Pero effective ba ang pool testing? At kaya ba natin itong gawin? We asked  genomic data scientist DJ Bandoy in this Teka Teka news segment called COVID Corner.

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Paano malalaman kung gumaling ka na sa COVID-19? At pwede ka pa ba makahawa after 14 days in self quarantine? We ask genomic data scientist DJ Bandoy in this Teka Teka news segment called COVID Corner.

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COVID  Corner muna. The Philippine Genome Center reported that they found  mutations of the coronavirus from several patients. We speak with Dr. DJ  Bandoy, isang genomic data scientist mula sa UC Davis. What happens to a  virus when it mutates, and how does it affect the population when it  does?

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