Coronavirus

Covid-19 – A digital transformer for India

Published February 26, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Coronavirus

Responses to Covid-19 have significantly speeded up the development and adoption of digital technologies. Mostly likely these responses have brought about years of change fundamentally changing the way governments provide services, companies...

How India is leveraging the power of Vaccine Diplomacy

Published February 4, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Coronavirus

India launched its Operation “Vaccine Maitri” in January 2021 - a milestone in the history of India’s assistance to fellow developing countries. Guided by the holistic philosophy of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (the world is one family),...

The Moonshots are taking off

Published December 3, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Coronavirus

Japan’s new Moonshot program for science, technology and innovation promotes transformative innovation and international collaboration on AI, Robotics, Environment, Sustainable food and Health. The European Union and Japan have signed a...

Can We Flatten All Four Curves of the Corona Footprint?

Published October 28, 2020 by Anders Hektor in Coronavirus

The embassies of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark in Seoul, are working together to produce Nordic Talks. On the evening of 23 October, we dealt with the Nordic experience of Covid-19 and Health Care, and more specifically how digital...

Do facial masks have desired effect?

Published September 8, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Coronavirus

With the world’s most powerful supercomputer, Japan simulates spread of airborne droplets which can transmit the Covid-19 between people, and shows that also simpler masks can have an important effect to protect spreading the virus. Japan has...

What have vector-borne diseases to do with Covid-19 and urban planning?

Published August 28, 2020 by Office of Science and Innovation in Coronavirus

For this week’s blog post we conducted an interview with the Swedish researcher Dr Johanna Lindahl. Johanna is an Assistant Professor in veterinary epidemiology at both Uppsala University, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and...

New Train Station, New Testbed

Published August 26, 2020 by Michael Jacob in Coronavirus

At a new train station in Tokyo passengers now encounter and interact with robotics and artificial intelligence while passing in the daily commute. The station is used for testing, demonstrating and further developing autonomous systems in...