Emerging details about COVID-19 and chronology of the pandemic in Turkey

Göncüoğlu, Muammer; Ayaz, Naim Deniz; Cengiz, Görkem; Onaran, Bahar; Çufaoğlu, Gizem

doi:10.33988/auvfd.730560

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“…These wastes require cold and ventilated storage in a separate area from hospitals until transported to incineration facilities by MW municipal trucks, high disposal costs for hospitals, strict emissions control for municipalities, and incineration facilities, and detailed considerations for health risks [ [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , [17] ]. During the treatment of MW via conventional incineration processes, high contents of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF), which are stated as cancerogenic, polluting the air and landfills, and reducing the soil quality [ [18] , [19] , [20] , [21] , [22] ], are emitted to the environment by their exhaust gas (77–894 ng N/m 3 ) and residual ashes (69–4915 μg/m 3 ), which are not acceptable by the requirements of European Council 2000/76/EC [ 23 ]. Especially in the case of the COVID-19 outbreak, it should be considered that the viral activity on surfaces can endure up to 72 h [ 1 ].…”

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Plasma gasification of the medical waste

Erdogan

Yılmazoğlu

2021

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

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In terms of infection control in hospitals, especially the Covid-19 pandemic that we are living in, it has revealed the necessity of proper disposal of medical waste. The increasing amount of medical waste with the pandemic is straining the capacity of incineration facilities or storage areas. Converting this waste to energy with gasification technologies instead of incineration is also important for sustainability. This study investigates the gasification characteristics of the medical waste in a novel updraft plasma gasifier with numerical simulations in the presence of the plasma reactions. Three different medical waste samples, chosen according to the carbon content and five different equivalence ratios (ER) ranging from 0.1 to 0.5 are considered in the simulations to compare the effects of different chemical compositions and waste feeding rates on hydrogen (H 2 ) content and syngas production. The outlet properties of a 10 kW microwave air plasma generator are used to define the plasma inlet in the numerical model and the air flow rate is held constant for all cases. Results showed that the maximum H 2 production can be obtained with ER = 0.1 for all waste samples.

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Plasma gasification of the medical waste

Erdogan

Yılmazoğlu

2021

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

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“…Moreover, the relation between the COVID-19 pandemic and human mobility has not been analyzed on the platform. Examples of research presenting the pandemic chronology for specific countries have mainly focused on the first wave of the pandemic ( Göncüoğlu et al, 2020 ). Currently, most research treating the topic of human mobility in relation to the pandemic has focused on the disease-spreading aspects ( Hadjidemetriou et al, 2020 ).…”

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Impacts of COVID-19 and pandemic control measures on public transport ridership in European urban areas – The cases of Vienna, Innsbruck, Oslo, and Agder

Rasca¹,

Markvica²,

Ivanschitz³

2021

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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The study uses the case of two regions with small and medium sized cities (Agder in Norway and the greater Innsbruck area in Austria) and two European capitals, Vienna and Oslo, to showcase the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport ridership in northern and central Europe. The comprehensive timeline of actions taken by governments and public transport providers in Austria and Norway, and their impact on public transport ridership in the first and second waves of the pandemic form the basis of a descriptive study. Comparing the data, a strong negative impact on the public transport patronage in the first wave of the pandemic was found, despite a comparable low number of cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Furthermore, a smaller impact of the second wave of the pandemic on the ridership was registered. The study provides valuable first insights on how the pandemic affected different settlement types. It also documents, in detail, the measures taken by two distinct European countries to curb the pandemic infection rates and how these actions impacted public transport patronage. The results pointed in the direction of a need for further analysis of aspects such as “fresh fear” and “lingering fear” in relation to the effect of a pandemic on public transport. Data availability limitations show the necessity of upgrading and aligning ridership and ticketing monitoring systems across Europe, to allow for better understanding of pandemic impacts on public transport in a more unified manner.

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“…The first case of COVID-19 disease was reported in China on December 31, 2019, and the first death occurred on January 11, 2020. The first case was detected in Turkey on the day the disease was announced as a pandemic by WHO on March 11, 2020, and the first death occurred on March 15, 2020 in our country (Göncüoğlu et al, 2020). Spread: SARS-CoV-2 infects humans by direct contact with infected or asymptomatic people, such as contact with mouth, nose or eyes, after contact with infected surfaces or inhalation of droplets after coughing or sneezing.…”

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Clues for zoonotic potential and transmission of Sars-CoV-2 via food and water

Coşkun

Temelli

Eyigör

2022

Journal of Istanbul Veterinary Sciences

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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which emerged from Wuhan, China in 2020, economic, social, and psychological problems occurred all over the world, mandating implementation of strict curfew, quarantine, travel restriction measures, and vaccinations against the virus. Though the source of the virus was not clearly revealed, initial case reports from a market in Huanan selling animal products, coupled with sequence analyses of the isolates, revealed close similarity to coronavirus isolated from bats (RatG13) and pangolins, questioning the suspect source of SARS-CoV-2 as zoonotic. Additionally, epidemiological and experimental studies indicated the presence of SARS-CoV-2, and its specific antibodies in many animals such as cats, dogs, ferrets, calves, and deer. Besides, determination detecting the virus in water samples including treated waters from wastewater treatment plants, fecal shedding, and possible fecal-oral transmission of the virus gained importance. Accordingly, vegetables and fruits irrigated with contaminated water, and foods such as shellfish grown in contaminated waters had the risk of carrying the virus. Although one of the most effective ways for protection against SARS-CoV-2 is mass and booster vaccinations, the emergence of new variants raises concerns on vaccines’ effectiveness against these variants. Thus, urgent implementation of one health concept addressing human, animal, and environmental health as a whole is mandatory to overcome this and other possible future pandemics. In this article, emergence, spread, zoonotic potential, fecal-oral transmission risk, and the possible role of food and water in the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus were reviewed based on up-to-date published data.

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Emerging details about COVID-19 and chronology of the pandemic in Turkey

Cited by 6 publications

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Plasma gasification of the medical waste

Plasma gasification of the medical waste

Impacts of COVID-19 and pandemic control measures on public transport ridership in European urban areas – The cases of Vienna, Innsbruck, Oslo, and Agder

Clues for zoonotic potential and transmission of Sars-CoV-2 via food and water

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