Wed June 17 – 10 Stories of The Day!

1 – Low-cost dexamethasone reduces death by up to one third in hospitalised patients with severe respiratory complications of COVID-19 – Recovery Trial

Commentaries: Coronavirus breakthrough: dexamethasone is first drug shown to save lives – Nature AND WHO welcomes preliminary results about dexamethasone use in treating critically ill COVID-19 patients – World Health Organization AND Major study finds common steroid reduces deaths among patients with severe Covid-19 – STAT AND Dexamethasone reduces death in hospitalised patients with severe respiratory complications of COVID-19 – University of Oxford AND Coronavirus: Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug – BBC

2 – Effectiveness of isolation, testing, contact tracing, and physical distancing on reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in different settings: a mathematical modelling study – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Commentary: Case isolation, contact tracing, and physical distancing are pillars of COVID-19 pandemic control, not optional choices – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

3 – A Visual Guide to the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus – Scientific American

4 – Coronavirus Antibody Tests Have a Mathematical Pitfall – Scientific American

5 – How deadly is the coronavirus? Scientists are close to an answer – Nature

6 – Age-dependent effects in the transmission and control of COVID-19 epidemics – Nature Medicine

Commentary: People under 20 half as likely to catch Covid-19, study finds – CNN AND Expert reaction to new paper looking at age and COVID-19 susceptibility and severity – Science Media Centre

7 – Ibuprofen use and clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients – Clinical Microbiology and Infection

8 – COVID-19: Pandemic surgery guidance – 4open

Commentary: Surgical guidance in the time of COVID-19 – SciencePOD

9 – The Science Behind the Search for a Covid-19 Vaccine – University of Melbourne

10 –COVID-19 Updates / 17 June 2020 Edition

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