Due to the bad news that usually dominates the front page of NU.nl, the good news often falls away. That is why we make an overview of the positive and cheerful news.
Russian opposition leader Navalny can occasionally get out of bed
The situation of the poisoned Russian opposition member Alexei Navalny has further improved. Navalny has been completely taken off the ventilator and can even get out of bed now and then, reports the Berlin hospital where he is staying.
On Monday, a French and a Swedish independent laboratory confirmed the conclusion of the German hospital that Navalny has ingested the nerve poison novichok.
Less space required on ICs due to shorter hospital stay for corona patients
Less space is needed in intensive care units (ICs) to receive corona patients, because patients spend less time in the ICU compared to March and April. Diederik Gommers, chairman of the Dutch Intensive Care Association (NVIC), confirms this to NU.nl on Tuesday after reporting De Gelderlander.
More patients will also survive if they are placed on the ICU. In March and April, nearly 30 percent of the corona patients who came to the ICU died, now it is 15 percent.
According to Gommers, the shorter length of stay means that fewer IC beds are needed than during the peak in March and April. A condition is that patients do not all need IC care at the same time.
Corona measures ensure the return of rare dolphin to Hong Kong
The rare Chinese white dolphin has returned off the coast of Hong Kong. Due to the corona measures, it is much quieter off the coast of Hong Kong. Normally ferries sail across the water and planes take off nearby.
Venus’s atmosphere could potentially support extraterrestrial life
A rare substance, phosphine, has been found in the atmosphere of the planet Venus, which on Earth is only known in the emission of factories or micro-organisms. This could indicate that life can be found in the atmosphere of our solar system’s second innermost planet, European Southern Observatory (ESO) reports Monday.
ESO says there has been speculation for years about possible life in the atmosphere of Venus. On the surface it is too hot with more than 420 degrees Celsius, but high above that surface it is 30 degrees, considerably more pleasant. If these organisms are indeed there, they should be able to withstand the extremely acidic clouds above the planet. These consist of 90 percent sulfuric acid.
Dutch Kiadis receives millions from US for corona drug development
The Dutch biotech company Kiadis Pharma receives a subsidy of 9.5 million dollars (almost 8 million euros) from the US Department of Defense to further develop a drug against the corona virus, the company listed on the Amsterdam stock exchange on Tuesday known.
Kiadis Pharma is investigating how so-called natural killer cells (NK cells), large white blood cells that form the immune system’s first line of defense against cancer cells and infections, can be used in the fight against the coronavirus. The entire research was funded with $ 9.5 million.
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