UFSC and Covid-19
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) has adapted to the remote learning system and remote work in order to ensure the safety of the internal and external community. In addition to regular classes in the remote modality, several training courses were offered to the staff.
However, the actions taken went far beyond the sphere of teaching. Since the beginning of the pandemic, researchers (faculty, technical and administrative staff and students) have developed and continue to develop several projects and actions to help in the fight against COVID-19. The actions cover various areas of knowledge and reinforce the importance of interdisciplinarity to solve and minimize problems.
According to the website Fighting the Covid-19 Pandemic at UFSC (https://coronavirus.ufsc.br), some of the important actions carried out at the university are: the mapping of the pandemic; genetic silencing of structural protein encoders of the SARS-CoV-2 virus; development of a diagnostic kit for Covid-19; mathematical models; care of health professionals; identification of fake news; patients in ICU; safety measures; development of APPs; non-pharmacological strategies for the containment of the new Coronavirus; identification of viruses and their mutations and dispersions; psychosocial impacts of the pandemic; among others. Recently, UFSC, in partnership with Florianópolis City Hall, has provided two fixed places of vaccination against COVID-19 since March 2021.
Currently, UFSC activities are organised into three phases, which depend on a set of epidemiological indicators. The update of this information and other information on which activities are authorised, can be consulted on the website https://coronavirus.ufsc.br/.
SOURCE: https://coronavirus.ufsc.br/numeros-da-ufsc-contra-o-coronavirus/
