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The COVID-19 Risk Communication Package For Healthcare Facilities, Updated March 20, 2020
(2020-03-20)This package provides healthcare facility management and healthcare workers with an overview of the key actions required to keep safe and healthy in the workplace. This toolkit was originally developed by the World Health ... -
COVID-19 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in children and adolescents: a systematic review of critically unwell children and the association with underlying comorbidities
(2020-09-10)Data show that children are less severely affected with SARS-Covid-19 than adults; however, there have been a small proportion of children who have been critically unwell. In this systematic review, we aimed to identify ... -
COVID-19 severe pneumonia in Mexico City - First experience in a Mexican hospital
(2020-05-01)Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic since its first confirmed case, has changed the world. The need for accurate and truthful information is vital. Mexico and Latin America have been widely affected, ... -
COVID-19 signs, symptoms and severity of disease: A clinician guide
(2020-06-18)The information below is based on currently available scientific evidence and informed by expert opinion, and is subject to change as new information becomes available. The contents provide clinicians with interim information ... -
COVID-19 Surface Persistence: A Recent Data Summary and Its Importance for Medical and Dental Settings
(2020-05)Recently, due to the coronavirus pandemic, many guidelines and anti-contagion strategies continue to report unclear information about the persistence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the environment. This certainly ... -
COVID-19 testing strategies and objectives
(2020)This document outlines strategies and objectives for sustainable SARS-CoV-2 testing of populations to achieve specific public health objectives in various epidemiological situations. General population-wide testing, as ... -
Covid-19 update: ADHD, renal transplant patients, care for covid-19 patients post discharge
(2020-07-02)Kieran Walsh, clinical director at BMJ, asks editors from BMJ Learning and BMJ Best Practice to summarise the latest clinical guidance related to covid-19. Abigail Davis discusses the latest guidance on ADHD and renal ... -
COVID-19 versus non-COVID-19 pneumonia: A retrospective cohort study
(2020-05-06)Background and Objective: Since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, it has spread around the world and become a global public health emergency. It is important ... -
COVID-19 versus non-COVID-19 pneumonia: A retrospective cohort study in Chengdu, China
(2020-05-12)Background and Objective: Since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in December 2019 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, it has spread around the world and become a global public health emergency. It is important ... -
COVID-19 virus may have neuroinvasive potential and cause neurological complications: a perspective review
(2020-05-16)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported at the end of 2019 in China for the first time and has rapidly spread throughout the world as a pandemic. Since COVID-19 causes mild to severe acute respiratory syndrome, ... -
COVID-19: A Brief Overview of the Discovery Clinical Trial
(2020-04-10)COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is a worldwide outbreak of pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome. It is unambiguously linked to the human–human transmission of a novel coronavirus. Mutagenomic analyses ... -
COVID-19: a promising cure for the global panic
(2020-04-04)The novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by SARS-CoV-2, which is the causative agent of a potentially fatal disease that is of great global public health concern. The outbreak of COVID-19 is wreaking havoc ... -
COVID-19: An Informative Guide. Advice for Journalists
(2020-06-26)This document offers tools to help journalists practice responsible coverage of the pandemic using evidence-based information. It also proposes ways to approach coverage and encourages journalists to provide advice and ... -
COVID-19: An Update on the Epidemiological, Clinical, Preventive and Therapeutic Evidence and Guidelines of Integrative Chinese-Western Medicine for the Management of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease
(2020-03-13)As of 22 February 2020, more than 77662 cases of confirmed COVID-19 have been documented globally with over 2360 deaths. Common presentations of confirmed cases include fever, fatigue, dry cough, upper airway congestion, ... -
COVID-19: Attacks the 1-Beta Chain of Hemoglobin and Captures the Porphyrin to Inhibit Human Heme Metabolism
(2020-04)The novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) is an infectious acute respiratory infection caused by the novel coronavirus. The virus is a positive-strand RNA virus with high homology to bat coronavirus. In this study, conserved ... -
COVID-19: Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine research
(2020-04-02)In some countries in the Americas, chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine is readily available, in some cases as an over-the-counter medicine. National authorities should take measures to control the use of these medicines and ... -
COVID-19: Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine research, 6 April 2020
(2020-04-06)In recent weeks, information on the potential use of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of people with COVID-19 has been disseminated in academic journals and public media. Although there are now ongoing ... -
COVID-19: Guidelines for Communicating about Coronavirus Disease 2019. A Guide for Leaders
(2020-06-26)Introduction: The outbreak of coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) in Hubei, China, and the introduction of the virus into the Region of the Americas highlight the urgent need for clear, concise and consistent communication. ... -
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 ...