EPFL AND INRAE HAVE DEVELOPED IN VIVO ARTIFICIAL PROTEINS AS A VACCINE

OVER COVID-19 OUTBREAK

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 05/20/2020, 13:04 Time

USPA NEWS - Scientists from EPFL and INRAE have developed a new approach to create artificial proteins, the results of which in vivo, as vaccines, have shown promise. This approach opens up the possibility of designing safer and more effective vaccines. The study is published in the journal Science.Vaccines are one of the most effective interventions to prevent the spread of disease. They stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies that protect us from infection. However, we still lack effective vaccines against many important pathogens. When vaccines do not work well it is often the immune system that does not produce the right type of antibody capable of neutralizing the pathogen. In the Protein Design and Immuno-Engineering Laboratory of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Technology at EPFL, scientists have developed a strategy to design artificial proteins that tell the immune system very precisely which antibodies to produce. . INRAE ​​scientists have provided suitable support to present these artificial proteins to the immune system.

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TUNISIA LAUNCHES VIRUS TRACKING APP OVER COVID-19 OUTBREAK

E7MI STOP COVID PHONE APPLICATION

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Zanzibar, 05/20/2020, 12:50 Time

USPA NEWS - Tunisia on Tuesday launched a contact-tracing mobile phone app that identifies and alerts users who may have had contact with others infected with the new coronavirus. The E7mi application, available on Android and awaiting validation for Apple's iOS, was developed by a Tunisian start-up specialised in digital marketing tools for foreign companies, the health ministry told AFP. Like the French StopCovid application, E7mi -- Arabic for "protect" -- is not based on contacttracing technology developed by Apple or Google. If a user tests positive for COVID-19, Tunisia's Observatory of Emerging Diseases (ONME) contacts other users whose telephones have been detected close to the infected user's device.

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PULSE EXPANDS ITS REACH INTO FRANCOPHONE AFRICA WITH THE LAUNCH IN SENEGAL

TRUSTED MEDIA EXTENDED

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washingotn DC, 05/20/2020, 12:41 Time

USPA NEWS - Africa’s leading innovative media company Pulse has launched its digital and social media offering in Senegal, under the brand Pulse.sn/Pulse Senegal (www.facebook.com/pulsesenegal). This is part of its efforts to further extend its media reach to the Francophone audience on the continent, with a fully local offering. In the current unprecedented global situation, digitally available, trusted media is especially crucial - to ensure equal access to helpful information, guidelines, as well as engagement on key topics. Pulse is doing its part in this.

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FRENCMINISTER OF HEALTH OLIVIER VERAN PROMISES M100 MASKS AFTER LOCKDOWN

AND 700 000 COVID-19 PCR TESTS

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 05/13/2020, 23:32 Time

USPA NEWS - Prime Minister French Edouard Philippe explained the next stages of easing the lockdown, in France in a press conference this Thursday, May 7. The Minister of Health, Olivier Veran, meanwhile explained the recommendations and instructions to adopt from the lockdown, which will take place from May 11, alongside Prime Minister Edouard Philippe.This containment, which started on March 17th, in response to the spread of COVID-19, will be lifted  « gradually" and will be accompanied by recommendations to be cautious, especially the most vulnerable (Disabled, Elderly), ad that M100 mask will be offered and distributed, from May 11th, added the Minister of Health, Olivier Veran, whose full remarks, we publish as it follows. While in France, since March 1, 25,987 deaths linked to COVID-19 have been recorded (178 in 24 hours, against 278 the day before), including 16,386 deaths in hospitals (149 in 24 hours, against 177 the day before) and 9,601 deaths (29 in 24 hours, against 101 the day before). Updates as of May 7th, 9:35pm

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