Tue June 02 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet

Commentaries: Most comprehensive study to date provides evidence on optimal physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent spread of COVID-19 – The Lancet AND Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection for prevention of COVID-19 – The Lancet AND Medical Workers Should Use Respirator Masks, Not Surgical Masks – The New York Times AND Expert reaction to review of optimal physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent spread of COVID-19 – Science Media Centre AND Evidence supports physical distancing, masks, and eye protection to help prevent COVID-19 – McMaster University AND Social distancing and masks reduce risk of getting Covid-19, review finds – CNN

2 – Rapid assessment of service delivery for NCDs during the COVID-19 pandemic – World Health Organization

News Release: COVID-19 significantly impacts health services for noncommunicable diseases – World Health Organization

Commentary: COVID-19 Has ‘Severely’ Disrupted Chronic Disease Care, WHO Warns – Health Policy Watch

3 – Maintaining essential health services: operational guidance for the COVID-19 context – World Health Organization

News Release: Maintaining essential health services: new operational guidance for the COVID-19 context

4 – Epidemiology of COVID-19 Among Children in China – Pediatrics

Commentaries: COVID-19 in Children: Initial Characterization of the Pediatric Disease – Pediatrics AND Coronavirus: is it safe for children to return to school? – The Conversation

5 – Acute myocardial injury: a novel clinical pattern in children with COVID-19 – The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health

Related: Children’s heart and COVID-19: Up-to-date evidence in the form of a systematic review – European Journal of Pediatrics

6 – Airborne Spread of SARS-CoV-2 and a Potential Role for Air Disinfection – JAMA

7 – Anthony Fauci on Covid-19 reopenings, vaccines, and moving at ‘warp speed’ – STAT

8 – Universities will never be the same after the coronavirus crisis – Nature

9 – Remdesivir Shows Modest Improvement in Moderate COVID-19 Patients

• Gilead’s remdesivir shows modest improvement in moderate COVID-19 patients – Reuters
• Expert reaction to press release announcing results of stage 3 trial of Gilead’s antiviral remdesivir in moderate patients – Science Media Centre
• Gilead’s remdesivir shows some benefit in patients with moderate Covid-19, new data show – STAT

10 –COVID-19 Updates / 02 June 2020 Edition

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