Resuscitation during the pandemic
Giving CPR during the pandemic – Resuscitation Council UK Statement on COVID-19 in relation to CPR and resuscitation in first aid and community settings. This...
COVID-19
The COVID-19 category provides evidence-informed insight into the ongoing pandemic and its impacts on health, society and healthcare systems. It covers research updates, long-term effects, vaccines and policy discussions, helping readers understand developments and implications as the landscape continues to evolve.
WHO statement on COVID-19 vaccine
On the 13th April, the WHO made a public statement for collaboration on COVID-19 vaccine development. On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Upscale tests for frontline NHS staff
Labs at the University of Birmingham have been re-purposed to support the testing of frontline NHS staff in the city from this week, supporting University...
Covid-19 cases top 10,000 in Africa
Brazzaville/ Cairo, 7 April 2019 – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has risen to more than 10 000 and caused more than...
COVID-19 Intensive Care Triage Protocol
Dr Daniel Sokol, a leading bioethicist and medical lawyer, has published an Intensive Care Unit triage protocol to help clinicians decide how to allocate scarce...
Discharge criteria from ECDC – COVID-19
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC has reviewed the criteria to be considered when deciding whether a confirmed COVID-19 case can be...
Public must to continue to seek medical help
Patients and the public must continue to seek medical help for serious conditions during this COVID-19 pandemic. Professor Jackie Taylor, the President of the Royal...
Pilot phase – rapid Covid-19 test
Monash University researchers are developing a Covid-19 test to rapidly diagnose active virus infection within an hour: The pilot study is up and running. Despite...
Stay home this Easter for our NHS
Stay home this Easter and keep each other safe. Here are some great ideas of what you can do.
Material errors in Covid-19 modelling
Material errors in Covid-19 modelling exist because they underestimate the epidemic's peak and overestimate its duration. Many of the models being used to forecast the...
