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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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                                              In December 2019, a novel coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in the outbreak of a respiratory illness known as COVID-19. Karger Publishers supports research in this area by providing free access to relevant articles (listed below) and works with international organisations to support the sharing of relevant research and data, including supporting the WHO and the initiative from the White House Office of Science and Technology to make all relevant research and data immediately available in one place via PubMed Central (PMC). In addition, to enable fast access to research articles, we have signed the consensus statement by Wellcome about Sharing research data and findings relevant to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Lockdown 2020

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  lockdown  is a requirement for people to stay where they are, usually due to specific risks to themselves or to others if they can move freely. The term "stay-at-home" or "shelter-in-place" is often used for lockdowns that affect an area, rather than specific locations. The term is used for a prison protocol that usually prevents people, information or objects from leaving an area. The protocol can usually only be initiated by someone in a position of  authority .         A lockdown can also be used to protect people inside a facility or, for example, a computing system, from a threat or other external event. In buildings doors leading outside are usually locked so that no person may enter or exit. A  full lockdown  usually means that people must stay where they are and may not enter or exit a building or rooms within it, needing to go to the nearest place designated safe if not already in such a place. A  drill lockdown  may be h...