Clinical Public Health, World Health Organization, Lancet, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Global
development

Organisations. World Health Organization WHO, Lancet, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC
Period. 11 - 13 May 2020
  • Two papers suggest that the Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) for COVID-19 may be “significantly higher” than previously thought. In Health Affairs, authors estimates an IFR of 1.3% among symptomatic cases in the U.S., while a paper in the Journal of Econometrics cautions against comparison due to variability across countries in testing strategies and testing accuracies.
  • WHO Europe issued a new guidance document that recommends expanding nurse-led models of care to improve access to care to during the pandemic
  • In collaboration with the WHO, the U.S. CDC is launching a new weekly webinar series for Infection Prevention & Control in healthcare settings. The first webinar on ‘Triage of COVID-19 Patients: Operational Considerations and Practical Examples’ will be Thursday, May 14
    • Johns Hopkins offers a free online course on Contact Tracing (Coursera)
  • A paper in the Journal of Virology and a commentary in GUT point to gastrointestinal symptoms like diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting in a quarter of patients in China
  • A new study suggests that patients with mild cases cleared the Coronavirus in five less days on a combination of interferon beta-1b, lopinavir-ritonavir and ribavirin (Lancet)
  • Patients that have recovered from COVID-19 are selling their blood plasma at significant prices to healthy patients that believe it will confer immunity (KHN, WSJ)

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