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Effects of Covid-19 on global car markets

The long list of markets and industries impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic includes global car markets as well. In the past year, major car markets in the world have had the roughest time ever where their sales dropped drastically. The infographic below reveals the countries where car markets have faced unimaginable loss; the data is collected by the reports of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA). According to it, the EU member states’ newly registered passenger cars declined by 24 percent in the year 2020. Moreover, other fellow states also faced double-digit losses in their car market.

The number of sales fell by 29 percent in the UK, followed closely by Italy, where 28 percent fewer new registrations were recorded. However, the new registrations in Germany’s car market had a loss of 19 percent in 2020 as compared to the previous year. Among all these countries, China is the one with the least percent loss in sales of new cars was recorded, i.e., only 6.1 percent.

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How to Properly Disinfect Your Office


As offices around the world have started opening with the lockdown restrictions going down, ample preparations need to be made. Although we have come extremely close toward having a vaccine, it won't be available for everyone immediately. And hence, we need to keep our surroundings neat and clean.

There are many ways to ensure that your office is disinfected properly. For instance, you can use disinfectants, antiseptics, antibacterial products, and on a personal level, you can use sanitizer. Although one disadvantage of using a sanitiser is that it doesn't properly get rid of all germs.

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Snapchatters React to the Comeback of Sports

As the coronavirus curve begins to flatten in many places around the globe, the scope of normal life seems to be coming back on track. The lockdown which had been prevailing since many months has been eased in many places. And with certain restrictions lifting, it is being expected that physical activities involving public spaces will be back as well. 

Sports is one of these many activities that has come to a halt. Fans of sports, be it cricket, hockey, football or any sport at all, have been deprived of this feeling ever since the lockdown was initiated. While the time spent during lockdown has been very difficult for the sports fandom, they have started taking it to social media ever since the news of the comeback of sports has been making the rounds.

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The Developmental Phases of COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates

In light of the chaos spread by the global pandemic, experts have continuously been making efforts to come up with a suitable vaccine. But of course, it is easier said than done. The nature of the virus is such that previous vaccines are inapplicable. The number of candidates doing vaccine tests around the world is approximately 200.

Among various trials being conducted across the globe, the University of Oxford has made its fair share of contribution. The response initiated to their trials on approximately more than a thousand people was a rather positive one. According to the science journal, The Lancet, the initial few phases of vaccine development for COVID-19 have been successful to the extent that we can expect a vaccine to come out soon enough.

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The Impact of Social Distancing on Screen Time

Due to the prolonged lockdown situation all over the world, screen time has also increased. Be it for personal reasons or for work, avoiding the screen has definitely gotten beyond the control of many. Basically, this comes as a result of the pandemic confining us to our homes, leaving us with no other option to see our loved ones other than via video call or other methods involving screen-time.

It's not just the adults for whom screen-time has increased more than ever, but children as well. Even before COVID-19, since we are living in the age of technological advancements, we know how children are choosing online games and entertainment over playing outside. While that is certainly not a bad activity, the spike has gone very high from 2020 till 2020, with a 500% increase online each day. In some cases, children don't have. choice. For instance, educational institutes began taking online classes and homework assignments online, which makes a lot of the screen time unavoidable.

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How are Floor Markings Helping Social Distancing?

Many precautionary measures have been issued to protect people from the wrath of COVID-19. But here's the thing— how can we make sure that people are actually following all these measures? For sure, we can't go into everybody's home to verify that people are washing their hands properly and disinfecting their surroundings. But what we can do is to make sure they follow all the necessary safety steps in public.

The nature of COVID-19 has brought about social distancing as the absolute public precautionary measure. To make sure this is followed properly, lockdown began to be implemented in every country we can think of. It is due to social distancing that public places like malls, schools, universities, offices etc were immediately closed. Some offices and businesses remained open though, with social distancing measures, as the cases hadn't been too many to bother.

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The COVID-19 Impact on Leisure Travel Trends

It goes without saying that the nature of COVID-19 has affected the travel and tourism industry the most. Airlines, hotels, and local modes of transit such as taxis and trains have all suffered equally at the hands of the global pandemic. Many businesses have adapted to the changes caused by the coronavirus impact, and the trends in travelling have also changed.

Not just from the business end, but plans at the traveller's end have also changed. This has affected travellers from all across the globe. As per a recently conducted study, travellers have responded as to how they changed their plans in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. This is an important learning element for those who are working in the travel and tourism sector, as understanding the evolving changes can help make better marketing decisions and in turn, gain more customers.

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The Most Devastating Hurricanes to Ever Hit the United States

Amongst the deadliest hurricanes to ever hit the United States, the most devastating name appears to be that of Hurricane Katrina. It seems like only yesterday that his hurricane hit New Orleans, but it was originally on August 29, 2005, which is exactly 15 years ago. The chaos caused by Hurricane Katrina spread terror around the world, as people watched, read and heard about the destructive news.

What was even more shocking than the destruction itself was how the U.S. government had responded rather late to it. Hurricane Katrina caused 1800 deaths, which was a record according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, until 2017. In 2017, this sad record was broken in Puerto Rico, when it was hit by Hurricane Maria. The effects of Hurricane Maria were to such a large extent that to this day, the island is suffering. Around 2,900 people died due to it, and that is the least expected figure.

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Where and What are the Hottest Temperatures Recorded in the United States?

It's getting hotter all across the globe, and the United States is no exception to this change brought by global warming. One example os that of s desert region located where the border of Nevada and California lies. Since this Death Valley is a desert, it is already hot. But recently, the temperature in the death valley region shot to an overwhelming 130 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale.

Although that temperature hasn't broken the all-time record of the highest temperature ever recorded in the USA, it very much reminds us of it. Back in 1913, Death Valley had experienced a scorching 134 degrees. Moreover, the desert regions in the Southern West of the USA has experienced four of the five hottest days ever recorded.

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The Role of EREF in Solid Waste Management Research and Awareness

Solid waste management has been around as an issue since the beginning of the 90s, and of course, even before that. Although now it has surpassed even more in terms of mass, even back then it had created an air of consideration amongst environmentalists. Like in any other field, science was being looked at to come to the rescue for sorting out issues related to solid waste management. And thus with the help of data available at that time, the research began.

The organisation that came into being is known as the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF), and it just celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2019. The 25 years for the entity has been full of educational and research projects. The organisation has also played its part in using its valuable research findings to create policies regarding the improvement of waste management.

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An Overview of Deaths Caused by Measles

Measles is a contagious disease. It does not occur in animals, and so it can only be passed on via human transmission or through the air. It is characterised by a high fever, which is usually one of the first symptoms, and gradually white spots begin to show on the skin, along with red rashes. It really affects the respiratory tract and if there are other complications along with measles, there are higher chances of death.

Measles has never reached the point of a global pandemic the way corona has, but it has acted like an epidemic in the past. The first vaccine for measles emerged in 1963. Way before vaccinations were made, measles was one of the most contagious viral diseases. Just before 1963, measles was emerging as an epidemic in multiple parts of the world, taking the global death toll to 2.6 million every year.

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COVID-19 and Railways in Europe

 Transportation has been heavily affected in the wake of the global pandemic. Not just flights, but even trains all over the world had to come to a halt due to coronavirus precautionary measures. But despite these measures, how did then people manage to travel from one place to another, in case of emergencies?

In Europe, railway services have not been completely abandoned. The European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) has established a set of measures, a protocol to assure the safety of people travelling on trains. The Agency has stated that these rules are to be applied at all times for the passengers and the entire staff.

COVID-19 and Railways in Europe #Infographic

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