Testing

This study found that SARS-CoV-2 testing results via nasopharyngeal swab and saliva sample were comparable, and that saliva is an acceptable alternative source for detecting SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid. Study used Cepheid Xpert Xpress SARS-CoV-2 (Sunnyvale, CA) PCR test for both Read More

This article describes a novel drive-through coronavirus testing of possible cases in the UK. The testing site was created in response to the ‘contain’ phase of the UK response, when innovation within healthcare was needed to detect and isolate cases Read More

This study found that 21 days after a single index SARS-CoV-2 patient at Riley Hospital for Children’s dialysis center, 44% of health care workers had positive SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and 23% of patients had antibodies.  One week before this study began Read More

This is a brief case series study on the placental/membrane SARS-CoV2 RNA PCR swab results of 11 symptomatic mothers with confirmed COVID-19 infection in pregnancy; only 3 were positive for SARS-CoV-2. All charts pregnant women diagnosed with COVID-19 who gave Read More

Using an accelerated failure time-based modeling study, estimated median time virus RNA detection ranged from 15.6-24.5 days in mild COVID-19 cases to 30.9-33.9 days in severe cases.  This was a prospective analysis of 49 coronavirus disease cases in Guangdong, China Read More

This statement from over 40 health and medical associations, including the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the American College of Physicians, the American Public Health Association, American College of Emergency Physicians, and the National Association of County and City Health Read More

This article discusses proposals by separate groups of members of Congress to fund the hiring of thousands of people to conduct coronavirus-related contact tracing. This week, two separate proposals were released aimed toward creating a workforce to undertake the critical Read More

ProPublica outlines lessons learned from interviewing frontline officials and experts from Italy, Germany, Spain, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea about reopening society in the wake of the epidemic. To safely move to a more open society, the following 7 steps Read More

This report describes an investigation of coronavirus disease 2019 in residents and staff members from homeless shelters in four U.S. cities between March 27 and April 15, 2020. The authors performed reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction testing at commercial and public Read More

This article discusses how, despite the blow to Europe’s largest economy, the contagion risks associated with having 6 million attendees (2 million from outside Germany) in the city for the two-week fall festival were too great. While Germany’s extensive testing Read More