Theme: Coronavirus

Read the latest research news on coronavirus and COVID-19.

Danish vaccine candidate is ready for human testing

The vaccine was developed by a team of researchers at the University of Copenhagen. See how it works.

COVID-19 in India: Who are we leaving behind?

The COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered and intensified existing societal inequalities. People on the move and residents of urban slums and informal settlements are among some of the most affected groups in the Global South. Given the current living conditions of migrants, the WHO guidelines on how to prevent COVID-19 (such as handwashing, physical distancing and working from home) are challenging to nearly impossible in informal settlements. We use the case of India to highlight the challenges of migrants and urban slum dwellers during the COVID-19 response, and to provide human rights-based recommendations for immediate action to safeguard these vulnerable populations.

Computer can determine whether you’ll die from COVID-19

Using patient data, artificial intelligence can make a 90 percent accurate assessment of whether a person will die from COVID-19 or not, according to new research at the University of Copenhagen. Body mass index (BMI), gender and high blood pressure are among the most heavily weighted factors. The research can be used to predict the number of patients in hospitals, who will need a respirator and determine who ought to be first in line for a vaccination.

Every fifth Dane wants to put immigrants with COVID-19 back in the hospital queue

According to a new survey, up to one in five Danes would prioritise hospital beds for COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms born in Denmark over recent immigrants.

COVID-19 exposes and amplifies inequalities for refugees and migrants

The COVID-19 crisis has affected the entire world. A new report from the World Health Organization co-developed by researchers from University of Copenhagen suggests that the pandemic has had exceptionally bleak consequences for refugees and migrants.

Loneliness hits young people harder during lockdown

People under 30 and people with a history of mental illness experience the highest levels of loneliness and anxiety during COVID-19 lockdown.

The Covid-19 lockdown caused young people to strengthen close relationships

Young students have not only learned to live with the lockdown during the corona epidemic. A new study shows that they have strengthened close relationships and found new, creative ways to be together online.

Scientists advise Rome's city council on Corona

Two researchers from the Department of Economics have received a letter of thanks from the Mayor of Rome for their effort saving human lives.

Major antibody trial will determine whether the immune system remembers the coronavirus

A new research project at the University of Copenhagen and Rigshospitalet will investigate the transmission of COVID-19 among people in the labour market in Denmark. The researchers hope that up to 40,000 people will participate in the project and be tested for antibodies against the disease.

Coronavirus family tree can reveal new transmission chains

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have used unconventional methods to identify coronavirus transmission chains. An advanced family tree of the virus’ development can provide an exceptionally accurate overview of how the virus was carried into Denmark and its subsequent spread domestically. The researchers hope that their tool will prove useful for contact tracing as new outbreaks flare up locally.

Three out of four international students have experienced anxiety during the corona crisis

Partnership receives grants of DKK 25m from the Carlsberg Foundation to fight corona

Danish antibody test shows with great accuracy whether people have been infected with COVID-19

Expert: Coronavirus pandemic will not trigger a food crisis

The coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to provoke a food crisis according to a food economics expert at the University of Copenhagen. Food supply and demand have hardly changed. And globally, food stockpiles are topped up better than ever.

Artificial intelligence to predict corona-patients' risk of needing ventilators

Experts at the University of Copenhagen have begun using artificial intelligence to create computer models that calculate the risk of a corona patient’s needing intensive care or a ventilator. The new initiative is being conducted in a collaboration with Rigshospitalet and Bispebjerg Hospital.

Three new UCPH projects receive funding from the government to fight COVID-19

The government has allocated another DKK 100 million for research and development in the fight against coronavirus, and in this connection three new research projects at the University of Copenhagen are receiving government funding.

Nurses receive feedback from Gifty on their hand hygiene practices in the neonatal intensive care unit.

“It is difficult to change people but it is worth giving it a shot”

Danish COVID-19 measures are consistent with EU free trade rules

Based on a 2019 academic article, Professor Morten Broberg concludes that the Danish COVID-19 actions do not contravene EU free movement rules.

COVID-19: How do you self-isolate in a refugee camp?

Brianna Katherine Martin on a previous deployment in Somalia.

Fighting COVID-19 in the Middle East, North Africa and the Philippines

COVID-19 may have consequences for mental health

UCPH researchers receive EU grant for vaccine against coronavirus

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have received 2.7 million to develop a vaccine against coronavirus disease, Covid-19, which at the moment is spreading worldwide.

License agreement speeds up work on COVID-19 vaccine

Coronavirus overview: Here’s the app you were looking for

Three University of Copenhagen PhD students have developed an interactive app that, among other things, provides an easy to use overview of how the coronavirus pandemic is spreading through Denmark and across the globe. Furthermore, the app attempts to put a figure on the estimated number of infections.

UCPH researchers to be part of team studying our social behavior during the Covid-19 epidemic

As a direct result of the spread of the Corona virus and the acute health crisis in Denmark and the rest of the world, the Carlsberg Foundation grants DKK 25 million to a new Semper Ardens project to investigate behavior in both the public space and on social media. SODAS researchers Rebecca Adler-Nissen and Sune Lehmann will be part of the research team.

Virus

2020.03.12

Virologists monitor which coronaviruses that occur in Danish animals

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and Statens Serum Institut (SSI) have mapped the different coronaviruses that occur in Danish animals. They emphasise that these viruses are harmless to humans.

UCPH researchers agree on future production of vaccine against COVID-19

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen are working at full throttle to develop a vaccine against the infectious virus SARS-CoV-2. Now, the researchers have entered into an agreement with the company AGC Biologics on a future production of their vaccine.