The emergence, genomic diversity and global spread of SARS-CoV-2

J Li, S Lai, GF Gao, W Shi - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Since the first cases of COVID-19 were documented in Wuhan, China in 2019, the world has
witnessed a devastating global pandemic, with more than 238 million cases, nearly 5 million …

The COVID-19 pandemic and healthcare systems in Africa: a sco** review of preparedness, impact and response

GA Tessema, Y Kinfu, BA Dachew, AG Tesema… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed health systems in both developed
and develo** nations alike. Africa has one of the weakest health systems globally, but …

The first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: a cross-sectional study

SJ Salyer, J Maeda, S Sembuche, Y Kebede… - The lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Although the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic progressed more slowly in
Africa than the rest of the world, by December, 2020, the second wave appeared to be much …

Elective surgery cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic: global predictive modelling to inform surgical recovery plans

Journal of British Surgery, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted routine hospital services globally. This
study estimated the total number of adult elective operations that would be cancelled …

[HTML][HTML] Intensive care management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): challenges and recommendations

J Phua, L Weng, L Ling, M Egi, CM Lim… - The lancet respiratory …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Summary As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads across the world, the intensive
care unit (ICU) community must prepare for the challenges associated with this pandemic …

[HTML][HTML] Digital technology and COVID-19

DSW Ting, L Carin, V Dzau, TY Wong - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
The year 2020 should have been the start of an exciting decade in medicine and science,
with the development and maturation of several digital technologies that can be applied to …

Association between short-term exposure to air pollution and COVID-19 infection: Evidence from China

Y Zhu, J **e, F Huang, L Cao - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The novel coronavirus pneumonia, namely COVID-19, has become a global public health
problem. Previous studies have found that air pollution is a risk factor for respiratory infection …

[HTML][HTML] Early estimates of the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: a modelling …

T Roberton, ED Carter, VB Chou… - The Lancet global …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background While the COVID-19 pandemic will increase mortality due to the virus, it is also
likely to increase mortality indirectly. In this study, we estimate the additional maternal and …

Effect of non-pharmaceutical interventions to contain COVID-19 in China

S Lai, NW Ruktanonchai, L Zhou, O Prosper, W Luo… - nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) a pandemic. The strategies based on non-pharmaceutical …

COVID-19 in Latin America: The implications of the first confirmed case in Brazil

AJ Rodriguez-Morales, V Gallego… - Travel medicine …, 2020 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Over the past weeks the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by
the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)[1], has been steady …