From 2020:2 on February 20, 18, Kitasato University School of Veterinary Medicine will hold an emergency special seminar "Animal and Human Coronavirus-In response to the 2019 Coronavirus Epidemic-".The seminar will be relayed by video conference to the Shirokane Campus (Minato-ku, Tokyo) and Sagamihara Campus (Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture) to provide the latest information to the general public and various related organizations.
At the urgent seminar, Professor Tsutomu Hodatsu and Associate Professor Tomomi Takano of the Veterinary Infectious Diseases Laboratory, who have been studying coronavirus in animals (cats) for a long time at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University and have published many research results, will be on stage.We will explain what kind of virus is coronavirus, its relationship with wild animals, and the positioning, prevention, and treatment of the new coronavirus.It also touches on the cutting-edge research results of the new coronavirus 2019-nCoV.
At the time of the emergency seminar, Shinji Takai, Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University, said, "The case fatality rate is lower than SARS, and based on epidemiological studies, it may be close to seasonal influenza. "There are many unclear points, and the situation is unpredictable." doing.
Seminar outline
Lecture title: Animal and human coronavirus-2019 Following the spread of the new coronavirus-
Speaker: Tomomi Takano Veterinary Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Associate Professor
Tsutomu Hodatsu Professor Emeritus of North University (former Professor of Veterinary Infectious Diseases)
Date: February 2020, 2 (Sunday) 20: 18-19: XNUMX
Venue: Classroom 1, Building 111, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, North University
Sagamihara Campus L2 Building 409 Lecture Room (TV Conference Delivery)
Japan Campus Platinum Tower 12F3125 Conference Room (TV conference distribution)
