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Letter to the Editor

  • Lack of transparency during the COVID-19: nurturing a future and more devastating crisis.
  • Alain Braillon
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 June 2020, pp. 1-3
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    CoI: I am an unpaid member of the Haut Conseil de la Santé Publique (High Council of Public Health), the expert body of the Ministry of Health for the French government.

Concise Communication

Letter to the Editor

  • Hospital infection and COVID-19: Do not put all your eggs on the “swab” tests
  • Francesco Chirico, Gabriella Nucera, Nicola Magnavita
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 May 2020, pp. 1-3
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  • It’s not you versus us, it’s us versus the virus
  • Hitoshi Honda
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 May 2020, pp. 1-5
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Research Brief

Letter to the Editor

  • A Case of COVID-19 with Ultra-Long Incubation Period
  • Yujin Wang, Qingwen Wang, Kai Wang, Congkuan Song, ZiXin Guo, Weidong Hu
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 May 2020, pp. 1-7
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Original Article

  • Effect of ambient air pollutants and meteorological variables on COVID-19 incidence
  • Ying Jiang, Xiao-Jun Wu, Yan-Jun Guan
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 May 2020, pp. 1-11
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    Objective

    To understand whether ambient air pollutants and meteorological variables are associated with daily COVID-19 incidence.

    Design

    A retrospective cohort during Jan 25th to Feb 29th in 2020.

    Setting

    City of Wuhan, XiaoGan and HuangGang.

    Patients

    The COVID-19 incidence per day.

    Methods

    We collected daily data of COVID-19 incidence, eight ambient air pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, SO2, CO, NO2, and O3-8h) and three meteorological variables (temperature, relative humidity and wind level) in China’s three worst COVID-19 hit cities during the study period. The multivariate Poisson regression was performed to understand their correlation.

    Results

    Our data showed that daily COVID-19 incidence was positively associated with PM2.5 and humidity in all cities. Specifically, the relative risk (RR) of PM2.5 was 1.036 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.032 -1.039), 1.059 (95% CL, 1.046 - 1.072) and 1.144 (95% CL, 1.12 - 1.169) for COVID-19 incidence per day in Wuhan, XiaoGan and HuangGang, respectively. The RR of humidity was constantly lower than that of PM2.5, whose difference ranged from 0.027 to 0.111. Moreover, PM10 and temperature also exhibited a notable correlation with daily COVID-19 incidence, but in a negative pattern The RR of PM10 raged from 0.915 (95% CL, 0.896 - 0.934) to 0.961 (95% CL, 0.95 - 0.972) while that of temperature was 0.738 (95% CL, 0.717 - 0.759) to 0.969 (95% CL, 0.966 - 0.973).

    Conclusions

    Our data suggested that PM2.5/humidity and PM10/temperature could substantially increase and decrease the risk of COVID-19 incidence, respectively.

  • A Survey of SARS-CoV-2 Preparedness Among Hospitals in Idaho
  • Anubhav Kanwar, Susan Heppler, Kalpana Kanwar, Christopher Brown
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 May 2020, pp. 1-25
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    BACKGROUND

    SARS-CoV-2, has been implicated in the largest recorded CoV outbreak to date.Initially the majority of COVID-19 cases were in China, but the virus has spread to more than 184 countries worldwide with the United States currently having more cases than any other country.

    OBJECTIVE

    With person-to-person spread expanding in the United States, this study aims to describe hospital preparedness for managing suspected and confirmed COVID-19 patients.

    DESIGN

    Cross-sectional survey focused on various elements of respiratory disease preparedness

    SETTING

    Critical access hospital (CAHs) and acute care hospitals (ACHs) in Idaho

    METHODS

    The electronic survey was sent to infection preventionists (IPs) and nurse administrators in 44 hospitals in Idaho

    RESULTS

    In all, 32 (73%) hospitals responded to the survey. Participating facilities reported their preparedness with respect to existing, formalized structures for managing infectious disease incidents—specifically COVID-19—as well as availability of resources, such as isolation rooms and personal protective equipment, for safely managing suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases.

    CONCLUSIONS

    Hospitals covered by the survey have varying levels of preparedness for managing COVID-19 cases, with differences across the various categories of interest in this study. While the study reveals strengths, including in application of emergency management and infection control frameworks, it also suggests that other areas, such as consistent implementation of federal guidelines and requirements for infection prevention, are potential areas for strengthening preparedness for SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens with pandemic potential.

Letter to the Editor

  • Diagnostic Options for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Yuanyuan Xiao, Zhong Peng, Caixia Tan, Xiujuan Meng, Xun Huang, Anhua Wu, Chunhui Li
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 April 2020, pp. 1-6
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  • Iran’s success in controlling Covid-19 outbreak
  • Nima Mohammadzadeh, Mahla Shahriary
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 April 2020, pp. 1-4
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  • An easy protective measure in ophthalmology against medical supply shortage
  • Fen Tang, Guangyi Huang, Wei Huang, Fan Xu
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 April 2020, pp. 1-4
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