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COVID-19: Operational guidance for maintaining essential health services during an outbreak. Interim guidance, 25 March 2020
(2020-03-25)Introduction and overview: Health systems are being confronted with rapidly increasing demand generated by the COVID-19 outbreak. When health systems are overwhelmed, both direct mortality from an outbreak and indirect ... -
Handbook for public health capacity-building at ground crossings and cross-border collaboration
(2020-03-28)Rationale: The International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR) stipulate that States Parties should designate airport(s) and port(s) that will meet the core capacities, as laid out in Annex 1 of the IHR. However, the regulations ... -
Of Chloroquine and COVID-19
Recent publications have brought attention to the possible benefit of chloroquine, a broadly used antimalarial drug, in the treatment of patients infected by the novel emerged coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). The scientific ... -
Off-label use of medicines for COVID-19. Scientific brief, 31 March 2020
(2020-03-31)No pharmaceutical products have yet been shown to be safe and effective for the treatment of COVID-19. However, a number of medicines have been suggested as potential investigational therapies, many of which are now being ... -
How is COVID-19 affecting South Korea? What is our current strategy?
(2020-04-03)The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2 is expanding globally. South Korea is one of the countries most affected by COVID-19 from the very early stages of this pandemic. Explosive ... -
Decontamination and Reuse of Filtering Facepiece Respirators
(2020-04)Disposable filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs) are not approved for routine decontamination and reuse as standard of care. However, FFR decontamination and reuse may need to be considered as a crisis capacity strategy ... -
Mathematical model of infection kinetics and its analysis for COVID-19, SARS and MERS
(2020-04-08)The purpose of this paper is to reveal the spread rules of the three pneumonia: COVID-19, SARS and MERS. We compare the new spread characteristics of COVID-19 with those of SARS and MERS. By considering the growth rate and ... -
Lopinavir/ritonavir: A rapid review of effectiveness in COVID-19
(2020-04-14)There are currently no pharmacological treatments for COVID-19. Due to the urgent need for effective treatments, there has been increased interest in re-purposing currently available drugs for immediate use. The antiretroviral ... -
General practitioner experiences during infectious disease public health crises
(2020-04-14)What is this? The COVID-19 pandemic poses a significant threat to public health. Information on the experiences of general practitioners (GPs) during such infectious disease public health crises may help improve preparedness. ... -
Safe Ramadan practices in the context of the COVID-19. Interim guidance, 15 April 2020
(2020-04-15)Background: The holy month of Ramadan is marked by social and religious gatherings where Muslim families and friends unite to break their fast together, after sunset during iftar or before dawn during suhour. Many Muslims ...