COVID-19 Updates / 01 September 2020 Edition

02 September 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives

Coronavirus Tracked: The Latest Figures

• Coronavirus tracked: the latest figures as the pandemic spreads – Financial Times
• Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Interactive Map
• Coronavirus Map: Tracking the Global Outbreak – The New York Times
• Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) – Statistics and Research – Our World in Data
• The Covid-19 Tracker – STAT
• WHO: Latest COVID-19 Situation Report – Weekly Epidemiological Update

New #OpenWho Course: Occupational health and safety for health workers in the context of COVID-19

• Occupational health and safety for health workers in the context of COVID-19 – World Health Organization

23 bus passengers contracted coronavirus from 1 infected person

• 23 bus passengers contracted coronavirus from 1 infected person. No one was wearing a mask. – Business Insider
• Original Study: Community Outbreak Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Among Bus Riders in Eastern China – JAMA Internal Medicine

Probable evidence of fecal aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a high-rise building

• Probable Evidence of Fecal Aerosol Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a High-Rise Building – Annals of Internal Medicine
• Editorial: SARS-CoV-2: The Growing Case for Potential Transmission in a Building via Wastewater Plumbing Systems

How many people has the coronavirus killed?

• How many people has the coronavirus killed? – Nature

Humoral immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in Iceland

• Humoral Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 in Iceland – New England Journal of Medicine
• Editorial: The Power of Antibody-Based Surveillance

Study: Face shields, masks with valves ineffective against COVID-19 spread

• Face Shields, Masks with Valves Ineffective Against COVID-19 Spread – American Institute of Physics
• Original Study: Visualizing droplet dispersal for face shields and masks with exhalation valves – Physics of Fluids

Meta-analysis: Clinical manifestations, risk factors, and maternal and perinatal outcomes of Covid-19 in pregnancy

• Clinical manifestations, risk factors, and maternal and perinatal outcomes of coronavirus disease 2019 in pregnancy: living systematic review and meta-analysis – The BMJ

Opinion: Managing uncertainty in the Covid-19 era

• Managing uncertainty in the covid-19 era – The BMJ

[Not Published Yet] First randomized trial backs safety of ACE Inhibitors and ARBs in COVID-19 patients

• News Release: First randomised trial backs safety of common heart drugs in COVID-19 patients – European Society of Cardiology
• Commentary: Continuing Versus Suspending Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers – BRACE CORONA – American College of Cardiology

U.S. advisory group lays out detailed recommendations on how to prioritize Covid-19 vaccine

• U.S. advisory group lays out detailed recommendations on how to prioritize Covid-19 vaccine – STAT

Perspective: Age in the Age of COVID-19

• Age in the Age of COVID-19 – Think Global Health

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