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Reliable, real-world data on excess mortality are required to assess the impact of covid-19
Public trust in the data about covid-19 is important when entire populations are subject to extended lockdown, financial hardship and economic disruption. Concerns about the accuracy and timeliness of the […]
Covid-19 is hitting communities in Ghana hard
The coronavirus pandemic has hit communities in Ghana hard, either directly or indirectly through fear and panic of infection and the economic consequences of lockdown. As of 30 April, 2020, […]
Sapana Basnet Bista: Covid-19 and the neglect of people with disabilities in communication campaigns
Extensive, accurate, and inclusive risk communication is a must when responding to any pandemic, says Sapana Basnet Bista […]
Diagnostic tests for covid-19—improving accuracy and global harmonisation
As the epidemic outbreaks of novel respiratory tract infectious diseases SARS, MERS, and the ongoing pandemic of covid-19 have shown, the development of accurate diagnostic tests play an important role […]
After covid-19, the NHS cannot return to “business as usual”
The novel, contagious, and highly pathogenic virus SARS-CoV-2 has, at the time of writing, infected nearly three million people worldwide and caused over 258,000 deaths. Risking saturation of services, the […]
Martin McKee: The questions we need to answer before easing lockdown
British ministers and their advisers were in an unenviable position when it became clear that covid-19 had reached the UK. This was a new virus, with characteristics that were still […]
The long term mental health impact of covid-19 must not be ignored
As many countries around the world are facing the peak of the covid-19 pandemic in their populations, discussions focus on flattening the curve to mitigate the impact on physically vulnerable […]
Ethical anchors and explicit objectives: ensuring optimal health outcomes in the Covid 19 pandemic
The covid-19 pandemic brings ethical decision-making to the forefront of clinicians’ minds. Most of the discussion to date has been focused on issues they may face individually, such as decisions […]
Rebecca Fisher: general practice in the time of covid-19
General practice has been forced to change rapidly to meet the challenges of coronavirus. Rebecca Fisher gives us further insight into how staff have adapted, and the caution that is […]