WHO - Antigen-detection in the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection using rapid immunoassays

WHO - Antigen-detection in the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection using rapid immunoassays

World Health OrganizationA new technology for COVID-19 detection has become available that is much simpler and faster to perform that currently-recommended nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT), like PCR. This method relies on direct detection...
AMP - Coronavírus e Lei de Saúde Mental: Novos Desafios, Problemas Antigos

AMP - Coronavírus e Lei de Saúde Mental: Novos Desafios, Problemas Antigos

Acta Médica PortuguesaA pandemia COVID-19 poderá ter um impacto significativo na saúde mental da população em geral e, em particular, nas pessoas com doença mental grave. O medo de contrair a infeção, as alterações na rotina diária e a...
ECDC - Population-wide testing of SARS-CoV-2: country experiences and potential approaches in the EU/EEA and the United Kingdom

ECDC - Population-wide testing of SARS-CoV-2: country experiences and potential approaches in the EU/EEA and the United Kingdom

European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlDifferent population-wide testing approaches have already been used in various countries, including household testing, individual testing and the testing of incoming travellers, irrespective of...
Quick and affordable saliva-based COVID-19 test developed by Yale scientists receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization

Quick and affordable saliva-based COVID-19 test developed by Yale scientists receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization

Yale NewsA saliva-based laboratory diagnostic test developed by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health to determine whether someone is infected with the novel coronavirus has been granted an emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food...
WHO - Emergency Global Supply Chain System (COVID-19) catalogue

WHO - Emergency Global Supply Chain System (COVID-19) catalogue

World Health OrganizationThe following catalogue lists all medical devices, including personal protective equipment, medical equipment, medical consumables, single use devices, laboratory and test-related devices that may be requested through the...
ECDC - Objectives for COVID-19 testing in school settings

ECDC - Objectives for COVID-19 testing in school settings

European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlThe aim of this document is to provide an overview of major aspects of testing, contact tracing, contact identification and contact follow-up in school settings within the EU/EEA countries and the...
WHO - Status of environmental surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 virus

WHO - Status of environmental surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 virus

World Health OrganizationEnvironmental surveillance by testing of wastewater for evidence of pathogens has a long history of use in public health, particularly for poliovirus1 and more recently antimicrobial resistance (AMR).2 In the context of...
WHO - Estimating mortality from COVID-19

WHO - Estimating mortality from COVID-19

World Health OrganizationFor COVID-19, as for many infectious diseases, the true level of transmission is frequently underestimated because a substantial proportion of people with the infection are undetected either because they are asymptomatic...
IJE - Comparisons between countries are essential for the control of COVID-19

IJE - Comparisons between countries are essential for the control of COVID-19

International Journal of EpidemiologyOn 6 May 2020, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson quoted statistician David Spiegelhalter, arguing that it was not appropriate to compare the COVID-19 death rate in the UK with other countries.
JAMA - Association Between Statewide School Closure and COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in the US

JAMA - Association Between Statewide School Closure and COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in the US

JAMA NETWORK

Was statewide school closure associated with decreased incidence and mortality for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)?

ONS - Comparisons of all-cause mortality between European countries and regions: January to June 2020

ONS - Comparisons of all-cause mortality between European countries and regions: January to June 2020


Office for National Statistics - UK
Analysis of all-cause mortality patterns of selected European countries and regions, week ending 3 January (Week 1) to week ending 12 June (Week 24) 2020. 

 

Medrxiv - Symptom clusters in Covid19: A potential clinical prediction tool from the COVID Symptom study app

Medrxiv - Symptom clusters in Covid19: A potential clinical prediction tool from the COVID Symptom study app

MedrxivAs no one symptom can predict disease severity or the need for dedicated medical support in COVID-19, we asked if documenting symptom time series over the first few days informs outcome. Unsupervised time series clustering over symptom...
DGS - COVID-19: Rastreio de Contactos

DGS - COVID-19: Rastreio de Contactos

Norma da Direção-Geral da SaúdeDe acordo com a Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS), a Comissão Europeia e o Centro Europeu para a Prevenção e Controlo de Doenças (ECDC) um efetivo rastreio de contactos (identificação, avaliação do risco e...
AMP - Estratégia de Saúde Pública para a Pandemia COVID-19 em Portugal: Contribuições da Experiência Internacional

AMP - Estratégia de Saúde Pública para a Pandemia COVID-19 em Portugal: Contribuições da Experiência Internacional

Acta Médica Portuguesa"Carta ao Editor - Foi com extremo agrado que li o artigo “Estratégia de Saúde Pública para a Pandemia COVID-19 em Portugal: Contribuições da Experiência Internacional”. Consistem em experiências de grande importância, que...
AMP - Os Constrangimentos Conduzem a Oportunidades para a Educação Médica em Tempos de Pandemia COVID-19

AMP - Os Constrangimentos Conduzem a Oportunidades para a Educação Médica em Tempos de Pandemia COVID-19

Acta Médica PortuguesaThe COVID-19 pandemic poses significant health constraints to us both as individuals and as a community. Medical schools deal with that at a student, faculty and society level. Both students and faculty are dealing with...
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