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Coronavirus: Afghan girls make ventilators out of car parts

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Afghanistan's all-girl robotics team has turned its focus on coronavirus patients - by making affordable ventilators out of car parts. Ajouter une légende The teenagers made headlines in 2017 when they won a special award at an international competition in the US. Now they are racing against time to deliver ventilators by the end of May, at a fraction of the market price. Afghanistan, reeling from years of war, has a maximum of just 400 ventilators for a population of 38.9 million. So far, more than 7,650 coronavirus cases and 178 deaths have been confirmed, but the authorities fear the situation could get worse and overwhelm an already fragile healthcare system. "It's important even if we can save one life with our effort," team member Nahid Rahimi, 17, told the BBC. Known as the "Afghan Dreamers", the girls come from the western province of Herat, where Afghanistan's first case of Covid-19 was reported. It's the nation's...

A Man Shared A Shocking Photo Of What COVID-19 Did To Him After Six Weeks In A Hospital

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As he sat in his bed in a Boston hospital's coronavirus ward, Mike Schultz chatted with one of his favorite nurses about his treatment of being sedated and intubated. "I thought only a week had gone by," he told BuzzFeed News. That's when she let him know he hadn't been in the ward for one week — he'd been there for six. "I was so weak. This was one of the most frustrating parts," he recalled. "I couldn’t hold my cellphone; it was so heavy. I couldn’t type, because my hands shook so much." The 43-year-old nurse from San Francisco had no underlying health conditions. He normally worked out six or seven times a week. He weighed about 190 pounds. When he spoke with BuzzFeed News on Tuesday, weeks after he'd been able to start eating foods again, he weighed just 140 pounds. His lung capacity is only now starting to slowly come back. Last week, Schultz shared a photo of the toll COVID-19 had taken on his body to his 30,000 Insta...

8 Simple Exercises To Reduce Hanging Belly Fat

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8 Simple Exercises To Reduce Hanging Belly Fat Lower Belly fat does not look good and it damages the entire personality of a person. Reducing Lower belly fat and getting into your best possible shape may require some exercise. But the large range of exercises at your disposal today can cause confusion to you in making the right choice of the best one that will help you shed that Lower belly fat and reveal your hard-won muscles. While it takes different kinds of exercises to burn the Lower belly fats in your body and achieve that desired well-rounded stomach. Best Hanging Belly Fat Workouts: #1. Double Leg Lifts: Double Leg Lifts are a Pilates exercise that strongly works your core. By keeping your legs firmly together, you transfer most of the work toward your abs. This is more challenging than most Pilates exercises because you have to keep your legs straight. Most trainers call this the Mermaid exercise. How To Do: Lie face up on the mat and put your p...