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近日，在国家乡村振兴战略规划下，广东提出了创新的帮扶机制，由扶贫攻坚时期驻村帮扶改为驻镇、驻村两级帮扶，为乡村建设发展赋能，驻新安镇帮镇扶村工作队由广东省农业农村厅和广东电网有限责任公司组成。

© 2021 EPFL The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL. New appointments at EPFL © 2021 EPFL Professor Edouard Bugnion, currently Adjunct Professor at EPFL, as Full Professor of Computer Science and Communication Systems in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC) Edouard Bugnion’s research focuses on systems and computer science infrastructures, with particular emphasis on data centres. He has achieved internati...

Covid: new cases trend down with vaccine progress This week, saw 10,639 new Covid-19 cases in Switzerland, down 21% from a week before (13,465) continuing the slow down in growth of new numbers experienced last week (-5%). The 7-day average is currently 1,519. “We have good reasons to be optimistic,” said Patrick Mathys, head of the Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force at a press conference in Bern on Wednesday. According to Mathys, there is a good chance that this downward trend will...

Quality or speed? Scientists face Covid-19 dilemma Published on Share The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed science and research to the fore. But the unprecedented influence it currently wields over politics and public life has a downside: the crisis demands quick answers that risk scientists’ credibility. “Since the start of the pandemic there has been a veritable tsunami of scientific publications about Sars-CoV-2,” says Subhra Priyadarshini, editor-in-chief...

Air sensors recommended in Swiss schools to cut spread of Covid-19 Aircraft have HEPA filters which help to remove impurities and viral particles from the air. However, many buildings lack any form of air filtration, which requires air to be manually refreshed. © Dumrongsak Songdej | Dreamstime.com A federal study in 2019 found that two thirds of Swiss classrooms were insufficiently ventilated. In some cases the air towards the end of the school day was so poor it would be expected to affect ...

Scientists fear coronavirus restrictions are being lifted too quickly A worker serves a customer at a coffee shop in Naples, Italy, as the town is downgraded from a red to an orange zone. Reuters A woman wearing a protective face mask reads a book in Carignano square, Turin, Italy. EPA Two Air Force doctors prepare doses of vaccine at the new vaccination center set up at the Command of the 1st Air Region of the Italian Air Force in Milan, Italy. EPA People take part in a protest against vaccine...

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Covid: cases up slightly again in Switzerland this week as vaccinations slowly proceed Over the seven days to 5 March 2021, Switzerland reported 7,358 new positive Covid-19 cases, 2.8% more than the week before, when cases rose by 1.5%. © Yulan | Dreamstime.com However, the Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force remains concerned. Case numbers can quickly rise, as they did in early October 2020. On 12 October 2020, there were around 1,200 new cases a day. Within a few weeks this increased...

Covid: cases up slightly in Switzerland as reproduction rate goes above 1 Over the seven days to 26 February 2021, Switzerland reported 7,157 new positive Covid-19 cases, 1.5% more than the week before, ending an unbroken downward trend since early January 2021. © Jan Gajdosik | Dreamstime.com The Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force remains concerned about the emergence of faster spreading strains. Currently 58% of infections are with potentially more problematic variants, up from 51...

Covid: Swiss government presents plan to reopen On 17 February 2021, Switzerland’s Federal Council presented its plan to start reopening from 1 March 2021. © Hai Huy Ton That | Dreamstime.com With the number of new infections declining over recent weeks, political pressure has been growing for a return towards normality. A petition opposed to anti-Covid restrictions has now been signed by more than 250,000 people. At its meeting on 17 February, the Federal Council said that it proposes a cau...