An interesting research letter in the Journal of the American Medical Association by Radtke and others on July 15th 2021 explored this issue. Children can experience SARS-CoV-2 post-viral syndromes, but it is unclear to what extent these individuals are...
An interesting article published in The Lancet July 20th 2021 by Susan Hillis and others summarises this. The COVID-19 pandemic priorities have focused on prevention, detection and response. Beyond morbidity and mortality, pandemics carry secondary...
The CDC in America May 25th 2021 reports on this issue looks at breakthrough infections between January 1st and April 30th 2021. COVID-19 vaccines are a critical tool for controlling the ongoing global pandemic. The Food and Drug Administration...
As the COVID-19 pandemic persists globally, an emerging challenge in the shift from acute infection to the burden of long-term consequences resulted from the disease. Although a consensus terminology has not yet been reached, the post-acute stage of...
An interesting research paper published by Leber and others July 13th 2021 discusses this issue. Testing for COVID-19 with PCR is considered gold standard. Again this may result in delayed detection of disease. Antigen detection via lateral flow testing is much...
Mandatory Day 2 and Day 8 PCR testing and variant sequencing of international arrivals has been recently introduced by the UK Government to mitigate against cross-border transmission of high-risk SARS-CoV-2 variants. SARS-CoV-2 testing and sequencing combines PCR with...
