Global Perspective of COVID‐19 Epidemiology for a Full‐cycle Pandemic
October, 2020
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October, 2020
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September, 2020
Abstract
Importance: Fatality rates related to COVID-19 in Japan have been low compared to Western Countries and have decreased despite the absence of lockdown. Serological tests monitored across the course of the second wave can provide insights into the population-level prevalence and dynamic patterns of COVID-19 infection.
Objective: To assess changes in COVID-19 seroprevalence among asymptomatic employees working in Tokyo during the second wave.
August, 2020
Highlights
• Swedish strategy is evidence-based and in close partnership between the government and the society.
• No forced lockdown, but ‘soft measures’ built on trust with responsibility of the individual.
• The Swedish way has also been noticed by the WHO and proposed as a future model.
• Implemented measures have successfully flattened the curve
• Limited ability to implement protective measures in some elderly homes.
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Introduction
August, 2020
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Background
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants with a 382-nucleotide deletion (∆382) in the open reading frame 8 (ORF8) region of the genome have been detected in Singapore and other countries. We investigated the effect of this deletion on the clinical features of infection.
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