Top news of the week: 11.08.2020.
Health care, Grammar school, Lockdown, Nursing homes, Debut albums, Life expectancy
Coronavirus
RT @ECDC_EU: #JustPublished
Objectives for #COVID19 testing in schools
- ensure early identification, contact tracing and prevention & control measures
- identify infection in students and staff at high risk of severe disease
- study the role of kids in transmission
https://t.co/hSdq906BxY
OpenObjectives for COVID-19 testing in school settings
The aim of this document is to provide an overview of major aspects of testing, contact tracing, contact identification and contact follow-up in school settings within the EU/EEA countries ...
Coronavirus: Ethnic minorities 'over-exposed' to Covid-19
They "face greater barriers" when trying to protect themselves from coronavirus, a report says.
Chemotherapy in cancer patients with Covid-19 'not a risk'
Female breast cancer patients were much more likely to survive than other patients, a study says.
America carries out roughly 800,000 covid-19 tests a day. A study by Harvard University reckons that the country would need to do 5m a day to reopen safely https://t.co/bEhJjQCCxD
OpenDive in Covid-19 testing labs are being overwhelmed
Pool-sampling may offer a solution
RT @meslackman: You’ve seen how nursing homes became death traps for so many. In Belgium, @MatinaStevis, @mattapuzzo @MonikaPronczuk report, Paramedics and hospitals sometimes flatly denied care to elderly people, even as hospital beds sat unused. https://t.co/PL4TUrVfeX
OpenWhen Covid-19 Hit, Many Elderly Were Left to Die
Warnings had piled up for years that nursing homes were vulnerable. The pandemic sent them to the back of the line for equipment and care.
RT @amibanerjee1: My @bmj_latest blog: The double burden of the #COVID19 pandemic https://t.co/w9yqfQIUYt "..the same early, preventive public health measures which have kept covid-19 deaths low in some parts of the world.... have also kept indirect deaths to a minimum."
OpenAmitava Banerjee: The double burden of the covid-19 pandemic
Coronavirus is affecting individuals, populations and health systems far beyond infection Since the emergence of the covid-19 pandemic in Wuhan, it has been noted that, like seasonal flu, ...
#NewOnKHN: People have flooded U.S. testing sites with requests to participate in the pivotal, late-stage clinical trials of the first two COVID-19 vaccine candidates.
📝: @philgalewitz https://t.co/CvUL0RCmSh
OpenTest Sites Quickly Attract Thousands for COVID-19 Vaccine Study
People have flooded U.S. testing sites with requests to participate in the pivotal, late-stage clinical trials of the first two COVID-19 vaccine candidates.
Reporting on Covid-19 in Spain: 'The limits of our new normality are being tested'
The Guardian’s Madrid correspondent on Spain’s response and how life as a reporter has changed