April 24, 2020
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BIP : The Institut Pasteur Newsletter, April 24, 2020
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, in collaboration with Santé publique France and the CNRS, recently used modeling techniques to show that just under 6% of the French population is likely to have been contaminated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. We are still a long way from the threshold of 70% that epidemiologists believe is necessary to curtail the outbreak.
With the COVID-19 outbreak still under way, it is important to understand the concept of herd immunity. How is it calculated? What does it achieve? Here are some explanations. Herd immunity occurs when a sufficiently high proportion of a given population is immunized/protected against an infection...
The Institut Pasteur in Paris and its International Network of 32 institutes have been extremely active worldwide in responding with science to the pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Its response currently involves a lot of people at the Institut Pasteur in Paris and several teams in the network in other countries.
The ongoing lockdown in France has certainly not stifled your creativity, with several of you getting stuck into our challenge over the past few weeks by taking photos to capture a unique moment in your house or apartment, in your home office or on campus. Boosted by your enthusiastic participation in this first challenge, and given the extension of the lockdown – and of course because it is so important to keep in touch! – we have set a new challenge for you this week.
The Institut Pasteur has always received expressions of support for its work, and in the current context this generosity, which takes many forms, has increased. Whether by donors, companies, foundations, non-profit organizations or more recently artists, YouTubers and influencers, multiple fundraising initiatives are enabling the Institut Pasteur to step up its work to tackle COVID-19.
The Scientific Secretariat General compiles information on the week’s conferences and publications, patents, funding opportunities, job vacancies, training and events that you may find useful for your career...
