Outbreak Of COVID-19 Virus Research Articles

Dentists’ Behavior of Preventive Measures toward COVID-19 transmission at Dental Clinics in Pekanbaru City

ackground Dentist professions are the greatest risk of being infected with Covid-19 virus. Dentists are very often exposed to bioaerosol, which is produced during dental work. There were 202 dentists in Indonesia who died due to exposure to the covid-19 virus. Dentists' behavior and attitude in dealing with the Covid-19 virus outbreak is very important in preventing transmission of the virus their practice room. This study aims to analyze the behavior of dentists to prevent covid transmission during dental treatment in the practice room. This research was a qualitative research with an exploratory approach. The research subjects were several dentists practicing independently in Pekanbaru City who were selected by purposive sampling. The data were collected by conducting in-depth interviews and incidental observations when the dentist performed treatment in the practice room. Data analysis was performed using the theme design and data validity test using source triangulation and data triangulation. All dentists have good knowledge and attitudes in preventing the transmission of covid-19, however, not all dentists have taken infection prevention measures because they have not used personal protective equipment (PPE) according to the standards recommended by the Indonesian Association of Dentists (PDGI) and Indonesian Doctor Association (IDI). This is due to inconvenience at work and limited costs. The behavior of preventing the transmission of covid-19 carried out by dentists in an independent practice room is not optimal. It is expected that dentists wear level 3 personal protective equipment and the government facilitates periodic swab checks and provides vaccinations.

THE INFLUENCE OF CHRONIC DISEASES ON THE MANIFESTATION OF COVID-19 INFECTION

Summary. The first known case of infection from the novel coronavirus was recorded almost one year ago, in China’s Hubei province. The city of Wuhan was infamous the world over as the original virus epicenter, seeing more than half of China’s reported cases and deaths. The outbreak of COVID-19 virus, as sickened more than 14.7 million people. At least 610.200 people have died.
 The aim of the study – to analyze and systematize the literature data about the influence of chronic diseases on the manifestation of COVID-19 infection.
 Materials and Methods. The study uses publications of the world scientific literature on COVID-19 infection, in particular the causes and mechanisms of its development, treatment, complications and its consequences as well as the influence of different chronic disorders on the course of COVID-19.
 Results. A sample of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 across 14 states of the USA in March was analyzed by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was found that many (89 %) had underlying health problem and 94 % of patients were at the age 65 and older. The case fatality rate for those under age 60 was 1.4 percent. For those over age 60, the fatality rate jumps to 4.5 percent. The older the population, the higher the fatality rate. For those 80 and over, Covid-19 appears to have a 13.4 percent fatality rate. Moreover, it was recognized, that older adults don't present in a typical way of the course of different disorders, and we're seeing that with Covid-19 as well.
 Conclusions. Chronic diseases and conditions are on the rise worldwide. COVID-19 became the most challenging pandemic influencing all countries worldwide. Chronic diseases are suggested to be one of the main causes of different life-threatening complications of COVID-19 infection and one of the main factors of poor prognosis for the patients.

ANALISIS PENJUALAN DAN PERSAINGAN AIR MINERAL KEMASAN BOTOL SELAMA PANDEMI COVID-19 DI KOTA MEDAN MENGGUNAKAN RANTAI MARKOV ORDE DUA

Markov chain is a method used to identify variables in the present, which is based on past variables in order to obtain an estimate of the probability of these variables in the future. The CoVid-19 virus outbreak has also had a negative impact on economic problems, because this pandemic resulted in a decrease in sales of mineral water. in bottles that experienced a decline in sales results during the COVID-19 pandemic. The formulation of the problem of how companies compete during Covid-19 which continues to experience a decline in sales? . Based on the results of this study, there is a large chance of a second order transition, namely AQUA products in September, which is 61%, an increase of 0.39% from October, in October it was 61.39, a decline of 0.02% so that in November it was 61.37% while Le Mineral products in September were 39%, decreased 0.39% from October, October was 38.61%, experienced a fix in November so November was 38.61%.

The Effect of Individuals Asymptomatic (Carrier) on The Dynamical Behavior Of a COVID-19 Virus

In this paper, a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) model is proposed and investigated. In fact, the pandemic spread through a close contact between infected people and other people but sometimes the infected people could show two cases; the first is symptomatic and the other is asymptomatic (carrier) as the source of the risk. The outbreak of Covid-19 virus is described by a mathematical model dividing the population into four classes. The first class represents the susceptible people who are unaware of the disease. The second class refers to the susceptible people who are aware of the epidemic by media coverage. The third class is the carrier individuals (asymptomatic) and the fourth class represents the infected individuals. The existence, uniqueness and bounded-ness of the solutions of the model are discussed. All possible equilibrium points are determined. The locally asymptotically stable of the model is studied. Suitable Lyapunov functions are used to investigate the globally asymptotical stability of the model. Finally, numerical simulation is carried out to confirm the analytical results and to understand the effect of varying the parameters of how the disease spreads.

ANALISIS FRAMING PEMBERITAAN KOMPAS.COM TENTANG COVID-19 DI DKI JAKARTA

Handling the Covid-19 virus outbreak in Indonesia since its emergence in March 2020 requires targeted policies both at the national and regional levels. The spread and handlers of the Covid-19 virus are a concern because the number is increasing dramatically. Jakarta as the capital of the country becomes a parameter for other regions in the handling of Covid-19. The outbreak of global pandemic status certainly attracted the attention of the mass media, including online media. With the ability to construct reality, online media has the power to process facts and data in such a way, in accordance with its interests. Researchers will analyze the news with framing analysis to find out the construction of Kompas.com in the news of COVID-19 in DKI Jakarta.This study aims to analyze how framing Kompas.com news about COVID-19 in DKI Jakarta. The research method used is qualitative with framing analysis of Pan and Kosicki models. The results of the study suggest that Kompas.com tends to support governor Anis Baswedan's policy of quarantine the DKI Jakarta area, then Kompas.com does not meet the principle of accuracy in running disaster journalism because it does not verify data.

A study of differential circRNA and lncRNA expressions in COVID-19-infected peripheral blood

To conquer the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 virus, a large number of studies have been carried out on COVID-19 infection, transmission and treatment. However, few studies have been conducted from the perspectives of circRNA and lncRNA, which are known to be involved in regulating many life activities, such as immune tolerance and immune escapes, and hence may provide invaluable information in the emerging COVID-19 infection and recurrence. Moreover, exosomes has been reported to play an important role in COVID-19 recurrence, and thus may interact with the expression of circRNA and lncRNA. In this work, we sequenced circRNA, lncRNA and mRNA from recurrent COVID-19 patients and healthy people, and compared the differences. GO and KEGG enrichment analysis show that differentially expressed circRNA and lncRNA are mainly involved in the regulation of host cell cycle, apoptosis, immune inflammation, signaling pathway and other processes. The comparison to exosomes related databases shows that there are 114 differentially expressed circRNA, and 10 differentially expressed lncRNA related to exosomes. These studies provide reference for exploring circRNA and lncRNA to study the infection mechanism of COVID-19, their diagnostic and therapeutic values, as well as the possibility to employ them as biomarkers.

MODELING COVID-19 DAILY CASES IN EGYPT

The present COVID-19 virus outbreak has started in the Wuhan area of China and is expanding worldwide. This lethal epidemic had an immense impact on millions of citizens and provided some political and social response. The outcome of any research investigation in this area remains to be decided. However, it is essential to assess the epidemic dynamics to correctly predict the quarantine operations and safeguard individuals at least at an appropriate stage. In big data science and other relevant fields, it is essential to have the best possible overview of data. To accomplish this, we researched the COVID-19 pandemic dynamics in Egypt to include a structure for effective quarantines. Guidelines for studying pandemic processes have been clarified and can be used to arrive at hypotheses. The statistical model is a significant development in describing the COVID-19 daily cases in Egypt.

Government Fighting Pandemic, Stock Market Return, and COVID-19 Virus Outbreak

ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of the governments’ responses to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic on the returns in the stock market index. Panel data of 20 countries are used spanning January 2 to July 21, 2020, for the dynamic panel model. The results indicate that the overall government response, containment and health, and stringency indices have a significantly positive effect on stock market returns. Specifically, government policy responses of shutting down workplaces, canceling public events, restricting public gatherings and international travel, providing income support, and implementing fiscal measures can increase stock market returns. Our evidence shows that the stock market does not react significantly to government interventions in the health system. We believe that our findings provide valuable information for policymakers and financial investors around the world.

PENGARUH PENERAPAN WORK FROM HOME (WFH) DAN STUDY FROM HOME (SFH) TERHADAP AKTIVITAS BELAJAR MENGAJAR MATA KULIAH TEORI

The purpose of this study is to determine the implementation and measure the level of teaching and learning activities during the implementation of WFH and SFH. The case studied is theory courses at Politeknik Negeri Batam. The implementation of work from home (WFH) and study from home (SFH) is a learning method that is carried out when there is an urgent situation, namely the outbreak of Covid-19 virus in the world. The research was conducted using a descriptive analysis method with a percentage. The data were collected using observation sheets, questionnaires, and analyzed using a Likert scale. The results of the observations stated from 15 lecturers shows that 99.77% of lecturers carried out indirect online learning and 0.333% of them carried out direct online learning. The sample of this study is 120 students who were taken randomly from all of Politeknik Negeri Batam students taking general education as the population. The results of the hypothesis testing using SPSS stated that there is a positive effect of the implementation of WFH and SFH on teaching and learning activities by 43.9% and the t test results in a significant value of 0.00 <0.05 from the real level. The results of the tcount (9,610) > t table (1.986) so it can be concluded that H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted, that there is a positive effect of the application of WFH and SFH on teaching and learning activities with the indicators of teaching and learning activities for the WFH and SFH method being Achievement, Critical thinking, Communication Interaction, Teaching Role, and Evaluation system.

South African Opposition Party Behaviour Under the National State of Disaster to Respond to the Covid-19 Pandemic

ABSTRACT The President of the Republic of South Africa declared a national state of disaster, in terms of the Disaster Management Act 2002 (Act 57 of 2002) on the 16th of March 2020, which empowers the executive to coordinate disaster management mechanism that focuses on preventing and reducing the outbreak of Covid-19 virus. In other words, the legislative and executive functions of the state have effectively been lapsed into one. This case study examines the consequences of this type of emergency regime on the behaviour of parliamentary opposition parties. Parliaments initiate, prepare and pass legislation, as well as exercise oversight and hold government to account. I look at the number of amendments, oral and written questions for a limited period of six months from the announcement of the national state of disaster, and compare with the same period the previous years, 2018, 2019, 2020, to determine if the changing nature of executive-legislative constitutional balance has influenced the behaviour of opposition parties in their strategies relating to policy-making and scrutiny.

Distributing information through infographic on tempodotco to build understanding and awareness about COVID-19 virus outbreak in Indonesia

Infographic as a form of presenting information that is designed combining visual with text has become a form that allows the reader easily understand series or complex information. This research aims to examine the use of infographic by @tempodotco Instagram account to deliver information about the corona virus outbreak in Indonesia and how to survive from the situation. The research methods begin with brief explanation about the outbreak and how Infographic become media to deliver information. Then will briefly explain the media, Tempo and @tempodotco, the digital media where the infographic placed, that nowadays has commonly accessed as the replacement of the printed media. The qualitative data will be analysed using visual language and Information visualisation theory, then will be discussed how infographic on tempodotco providing information on instagram as an effort to guide the audience to prepare for the pandemic. The results provide a clearer picture about how Infographics contributed in providing knowledge and build awareness to wide range of audieces in order to deal with the pandemic.

Spiritual Piety and Social Piety: Sufism Teachings in the Modern Era and in the midst of the Covid-19 Virus Outbreak in Building a New Civilization

Sufism is a spiritual teaching that focus on worship as such rather than social life. The sufi are often regarded as anti-social, such as uzlah, seclusion, and zuhud. Is this true? The current paper urgues that it is not always true. The Idrisiyyah Order for example developed the Qini Mart business, Qini Minang (Padang restaurant), Qini Bakery (bread sales), Qini Fresh (refill drinking water depot), Islamic boarding school canteen, livestock, shrimp ponds in Cipatujah, Coffee plantations in Panjalu, and restaurants in cooperation with Islamic Boarding Schools. They established batul maal wat-tamwiil to run their businesses. In addition, in the case of Covid-19 out break, they introduce uzlah teaching or seclusion to reduce the transmission of Covid-19.

Diabetes telemedicine clinic implementation during the COVID-19 virus outbreak in Saudi Arabia

Background: Saudi Arabia implemented a nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the COVID-19 after a global pandemic has been declared by the World Health Organization. Diabetes patients are one of the most vulnerable chronic illness groups to the complications of COVID-19 virus, thus the necessary to implement a tele-medicine clinic during the lockdown. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study, the study was done during the period from October to December 2020. We used convenience sampling to select participants who attended the clinics of the Diabetes Care Center at King Salman Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A total of 375 patients participated in the study. Results: The study included 375 participants around 60% were female participants. The age of almost one-third of them (33.9%) ranged between 51 and 60 years. Most of the participants were type 2 diabetic patients (85.3%), and lived in Riyadh city (97.6%). Vast majority of participants (99.5%) were follow-up patients and reported telemedicine visit by physicians (98.9%). Patients’ satisfaction questions showed that majority of the participants either strongly agreed or agreed with the statements that they were satisfied with the quality of the audio during the virtual visit (92%), use of telemedicine was essential in maintaining health during the COVID-19 outbreak (90.1%), the quality of the medical care provided during the virtual visit (88.3%), the clarity of the management plan discussed with the heath care practitioner during the virtual visit (87.7%), the tele-medicine visit was as good as a regular in person visit (81.5%). Also, majority of the participants recommend making diabetes tele-medicine clinic as an available option for patients with diabetes after the COVID-19 outbreak is over (81.5%). Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic has urged the transition from in person clinical visits to tele-medicine clinics and showed that it is feasible and effective to have the option of tele-medicine for diabetes clinics in Saudi Arabia. The majority of diabetic patients reported high levels of satisfaction with the tele-medicine clinic.

Covid-19 and Older Adults: The Paradox of Control Measures

It is no longer news that Covid-19 pandemic has become a major public health issue around the world and affected day to day activities of public life. Medical experts around the world were overwhelmed by the Covid-19 virus outbreak and for a long time were unable to provide a vaccine or any pharmaceutical treatment. Countries were therefore forced to adopt unprecedented Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures to mitigate the spread and impact of the virus. These measures which are non-pharmacological includes, social distancing, social isolation, lockdown, constant washing of hands, wearing of face mask and protective gloves etc. However, these measures aimed at protecting the health care systems, have had some side effects on the health and well-being of older adults. In this letter, we have highlighted social distancing as the main challenge and a paradox for older peoples wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. The merits of the IPC measures notwithstanding, its long and short term consequences for the mental health of older adults calls for concern. Among other recommendations, professionals of ageing and geriatrics are recommended to help set a balance in IPC measures and mental health of older people in this Covid-19 era.

PROGRAM KREATIVITAS MAHASISWA PERMEN HERBAL “MPON SEHAT”

Since the pandemic outbreak until now, no drugs and vaccines have been found to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, one of the alternatives to fight covid 19 virus is to maintain health and increase endurance despite intense activity. With the condition of Indonesia that is being exposed to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, we made a breakthrough to encourage the public to maintain and increase endurance. In order not to be susceptible to various viruses and keep healthy, consuming herbal medicine is one among the many ways. Mpon Sehat is a new breakthrough made from the basic ingredients of herbal medicine that is made into sweets with a sweet taste. Mpon is very beneficial for the body, for it can increase endurance and nourish the body. The purpose of making this candy is to provide a solution for people who are busy and do not have time to consume herbal medicines. This herbal candy can also be used as an alternative for some people who don't like herbal medicine but want to feed the body. This candy is not bitter or spicy like other spices, but it tastes sweet and tastes like an unwanted spice. It has other uniqueness such as chewy texture, unique packaging- consisting of 2 colors and easy to carry anywhere. In this service, using the method of implementing community service on April 15, 2020 starting at 15:00 until 17:00 in Bintaro, it is done face to face with the target audience by distributing products for free and doing image branding. As a result of this creativity program, we received satisfying opinions and criticisms and suggestions from the target audience to develop products and improve existing deficiencies. Then we made a video about the results of the creativity program and posted it on Instagram. In addition we also share information about the importance of maintaining health by consuming herbal medicines through social media such as Instagram. Instagram can facilitate the promotion of the products with a broad reach and is intended for everyone.

Comparing the “pre-COVID-19 period” and the “COVID-19 early-stage period” for emergency medical services

Purpose: This study aims to identify changes in patients’ transport time and chief complaints visiting the emergency room via emergency medical services from the “pre-COVID-19 period” compared to the “COVID-19 early-stage period”. Methods: This retrospective observational study analyzed the emergency medical services reports at two time periods defined by the COVID-19 virus outbreak in Korea. The study was conducted in Busan, the Republic of Korea, from January 19 through May 6, 2019. Results: The transfer time of patients transported during the “COVID-19 early-stage period” was significantly delayed compared to the “pre-COVID-19 period” (p<.05). We found a significant increase in transport time for patients complaining of respiratory infections compared to patients without symptoms (p<.05). During the “COVID-19 early-stage period”, there was a significant increase in the number of patients with respiratory infections and patients complaining of general symptoms compared to the “COVID-19early-stage period” (p<.05). Conclusion: The spread of the COVID-19 virus infection delayed patient transport and increased the number of patients reporting respiratory infection symptoms. Emergency medical services will need administrative and economic support to transport the increased number of patients requiring services.

Preface

The 2nd International Conference on Natural Resources and Technology (ICONART) 2020 was held on August 24, 2020 with a theme of Natural Resources and Technology for Better Future Life and a subtheme of Sustainable Natural Resources and Technology for Industry and Community. The current conference was initiated by Center of Excellence for Mangrove Science and Technology (Pusat Unggulan Iptek Mangrove) and Center of Excellence for Natural Resources-based Technology (Pusat Unggulan Iptek Teknologi Berbasis Sumberdaya Alam) which was fully supported by Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia.The conference covered six major topics in the related fields such as (i) Natural science and natural product, (ii) Natural resource technology, (iii) Information systems of tropical resources, (iv) Tropical biodiversity, (v) Food science and food technology, and (vi) Ethnobotany and ethnozoology. The COVID-19 virus outbreak had a significant impact on our society, disrupting the way we live, work, and play. Likewise, with this conference, which was initially to be held in Medan, due to the conditions of the pandemic, the committee decided to conduct it virtually for mutual safety.Notable keynote speakers were invited to present the current issue and challenge in their respective field of studies. Special thanks to Prof. Byung-Dae Park from Kyungpook National University, South Korea, Prof. Tadashi Kajita from Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, Japan, Deirdre McKay, Ph.D from Keele University, United Kingdom, Prof Madya Edi SuhaimiBakar, Ph.D from Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia, and Prof. Mohammad Basyuni from Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia.List of The 2nd ICONART Committees are available in this pdf.

Analysis of Twitter Users Sentiment against the Covid-19 Outbreak Using the Backpropagation Method with Adam Optimization

This research tries to take advantage of Twitter by analyzing Indonesian-language tweets that discuss the Covid-19 virus outbreak to find out what Twitter users think about the Covid-19 virus outbreak. This study tries to analyze sentiment to see opinions on Covid-19 tweets that contains Posittive, Negative or Neutral sentiments using Multi-layer Perceptron (MLP) using Backprogragation with Adam optimization. We collected 200 documents (tweets) in Indonesian about Covid-19 that were tweeted since November 2019 and then trained them to get our MLP Backpropagation model. Our model managed to get an accuracy of up to 70% with f1-scores for positive, negative, and neutral classes respectively 0.77, 0.75, and 0.5 from a maximum value of 1. This shows that our model is quite successful in carrying out the sentiment classification process for Indonesian tweets with the Covid-19 theme.

Role of Police in Respecting Crimes on Prisoners Who Get Asimilation &amp; Conditioned Delivery Due to Plague of Covid-19

The purpose of this study was to determine and analyze the role of the Police in tackling crimes by convicts who received assimilation and parole due to the Covid-19 virus outbreak and the obstacles and solutions of the Police in overcoming crimes by inmates who received assimilation and parole due to the Covid-19 virus outbreak. Used in this research is an empirical juridical approach. This type of research is descriptive analytical, data collection methods used are primary data (interviews) and secondary data (literature review). The data analysis was done qualitatively. The results of the research found that the role of the Police in tackling crimes by inmates who received assimilation and parole due to the Covid-19 virus outbreak has an important role. Which was carried out by the Police in minimizing crimes committed by inmates who received assimilation due to the impact of Covid-19, namely preventive efforts to conduct patrols by forming a new eagle team, as well as repressive efforts to provide strict punishment to inmates who committed crimes again after assimilation. The obstacles faced by the Police in overcoming crimes by inmates who receive assimilation and parole due to the Covid-19 virus outbreak include, among others, that not all criminals are domiciled in the city of Semarang, the number of personnel is not proportional to the number of prisoners who receive assimilation and parole due to the virus outbreak. Covid-19, the National Police and the Police have never received a copy of the trial verdict from the court.

THE SURVIVAL STRATEGY OF HALAL TOURISM IN COVID-19 PANDEMIC ERA

Halal tourism has great potential for the Indonesian economy and is currently trying to defend its sector from the Covid-19 or corona virus outbreak. Covid-19 is one of the outbreaks that has been declared a pandemic because it is a global disease spreading very quickly. Covid-19 is a new virus originated in Wuhan, China in 2019 and has spread to almost all countries in the world, including Indonesia. The impact of this virus is felt by everyone in the world. It even threatens all sectors that affect the economy. Among these sectors is halal tourism. Therefore, the halal tourism sector is currently preparing a strategy to stay afloat even in situations and conditions like this as a preparation for the post-Covid-19. The strategy of the Indonesian state in maintaining halal tourism is to prioritize improving destinations, preparing budget support from cooperation with halal tourism, providing m