The Study of Near East University Researchers published in the Journal of Lancet Microbe was included in the “COVID Reference Daily Science Top 10” List
Date Added: 05 August 2020, 14:30
Last Updated Date:03 November 2020, 13:13

Vice Rector of Near East University Prof. Dr. Tamer Şanlıdağ and International Cyprus University lecturer Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Seyer Çağatan's work, which reveals that the sun and ultraviolet rays are not effective on SARS-CoV-2, was included in the "COVID Reference Daily Science Top 10" list compiled from daily articles published worldwide.

In the information given by the Press and Public Relations Directorate of Near East University, the report written on the effects of the seasonal change on the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), took place in the 390-page book published on 18 May 2020 and titled “COVID Reference Daily Science Top 10” which was published on Amedeo.com website as a free-to-reach source.

The book dated 18 May 2020 was among the 1000 most important sources of COVID-19 literature...
Vice Rector of Near East University Prof. Dr. Tamer Şanlıdağ and International Cyprus University faculty member Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Seyer Çağatan's report was published as a full text in the book compiled by Christian Hoffmann and Bern Sebastian Kamps and titled "COVID Reference Daily Science Top 10" which was selected as one of the top 1000 most important sources among the scientific articles related to COVID-19 published all over the world.

The book has been published in 8 languages...
The book, which was published in English, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese, was prepared as a guide especially for researchers, health sciences and medical students to get accurate and updated data on COVID-19.

It was emphasized that the increase in temperature in seasonal changes did not affect the spread of coronavirus. In the report published in the May 2020 issue of "The Lancet Microbe", one of the leading medical journals of the world, Prof. Dr. Tamer Şanlıdağ and Assist. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Seyer Çağatan pointed out that the expected increase in temperature and the ultraviolet rays emitted from the sun will not affect the coronavirus's activity or decrease its speed. In the study, it was noted in the report that the UV rays emitted from the sun were classified as UVA, UVB and UVC in three ways, and that UVC, which has a germicidal (lethal) effect, does not reach our world, and that the sun's rays cannot affect the virus.