Mon June 08 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – WHO Now Recommends the Use of Face Masks by the General Public

Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19 – World Health Organization

Media Briefing: WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 – 5 June 2020

Commentaries: The WHO has new guidelines on face masks to fight Covid-19 – Vox AND WHO Urges Demonstrators To Protect Themselves From COVID-19, Issues New Mask Guidelines – Health Policy Watch AND WHO advises public to wear face masks when unable to distance – The Guardian AND Anyone Living in Areas With ‘Widespread’ COVID-19 Transmission Should Wear Masks, WHO Says – TIME

“In light of evolving evidence, WHO advises that governments should encourage the general public to wear masks where there is widespread transmission and physical distancing is difficult, such as on public transport, in shops or in other confined or crowded environments.” (from WHO Director-General’s media briefing)

2 – We can’t be 100% sure face masks work – but that shouldn’t stop us wearing them – The Guardian

3 – Randomized Trial: No Benefit From the Use of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

Statement from the Chief Investigators of the Recovery Study: No clinical benefit from use of hydroxychloroquine in hospitalised patients with COVID-19

Commentary: Study: Hydroxychloroquine had no benefit for hospitalized Covid-19 patients, possibly closing door to use of drug – STAT

4 – False Negative Tests for SARS-CoV-2 Infection — Challenges and Implications – New England Journal of Medicine

Commentary: New report examines challenges and implications of false-negative COVID-19 tests – The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

5 – Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of venous thromboembolism in patients with COVID-19: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report – CHEST

6 – Ten things we learned about COVID-19 – Intensive Care Medicine

7 – Caring for Women Who Are Planning a Pregnancy, Pregnant, or Postpartum During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA

8 – Will COVID-19 Kill the Routine Physical Exam? – Scientific American

9 – Extended use or re-use of single-use surgical masks and filtering facepiece respirators: A rapid evidence review – CEBM Oxford

10 –COVID-19 Updates / 08 June 2020 Edition

08 June 2020 Edition – COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Latest Articles, Guidelines, News & Perspectives (several free resources)