Wed August 12 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Management of post-acute covid-19 in primary care – The BMJ

Commentary: We Need to Take Care of the Growing Number of Long-term COVID-19 Patients – TIME

2 – Track COVID-19 sickness, not just positive tests and deaths – Nature

3 – Antibody therapies could be a bridge to a coronavirus vaccine — but will the world benefit? – Nature

Related: Antibody drugs could be one of the best weapons against Covid-19. But will they matter? – STAT AND Designer antibodies could battle COVID-19 before vaccines arrive – Science

4 – Filtration Efficiency of Hospital Face Mask Alternatives Available for Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic – JAMA Internal Medicine

Editorial: Filtration Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Availability of N95 Face Masks for COVID-19 Prevention

Commentary: Sanitized N95s acceptable alternatives to new masks, JAMA study finds – Healthcare Dive

5 – Putin says Russia has approved ‘world first’ Covid-19 vaccine. But questions over its safety remain – CNN

See also: Russia has launched the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine: Here’s all you need to know – Firstpost AND Coronavirus: Putin says vaccine has been approved for use – BBC AND Russia Approves Coronavirus Vaccine Before Completing Tests – The New York Times AND The Russian Vaccine – Science Translational Medicine AND Russia claims first coronavirus vaccine as global cases top 20 million – MedicalXpress

6 – Delay routine dental checkups, WHO urges, until COVID risk is known – Reuters

Related WHO Guidance: Considerations for the provision of essential oral health services in the context of COVID-19 – World Health Organization

7 – Managing Hyperglycemia in the COVID-19 Inflammatory Storm – Diabetes

8 – A Pragmatic Approach to Inpatient Diabetes Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic – The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

9 – Risk to health from COVID‐19 for anaesthetists and intensivists – a narrative review – Anaesthesia

10 –COVID-19 Updates / 12 August 2020 Edition

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