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The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has put together a group of clinical and health experts to help with research on the coronavirus outbreak.

Dean of the School of Nursing and Public Healt at UKZN, Professor Musa Moshabela says part of their job is to also research strategic ways to fight the coronavirus scourge

The University of KwaZulu-Natal has put together a group of clinical and health experts to help with research on theThe university has launched a so-called war room where the research will be done to help find ways to fight the outbreak. The Dean of the School of Nursing and Public Health, Professor Musa Moshabela, says people should be armed with the knowledge to avoid public panic.

“We want to try and see how we could prevent the scourge of the virus from affecting our community. We need to ensure that people have correct information do we can minimize fear, panic, violence and stampedes. Information will help people to know what to do, in terms of breaking the transmission of the infection. There are a whole lot of measures that people can take to prevent transmission. Lastly it’s about making sure that when people have symptoms, people know what to do,” says Moshabela.

 

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Great work

Definately they will also need people tested positive or positive samples for corona virus, so that their research could be feasible.

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Shouldn't they rather study the students that only know destruction to see if any of them have a brain?

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