COVID-19 Updates
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Six months into coronavirus pandemic, scientists say exact source may never be identified
As the World Health Organisation prepares to send a team into China to investigate the origin of the Covid-19 disease, scientists with experience tracking virus behaviour say the search could…
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Interim Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens for COVID-19
Revisions were made on May 22, 2020 to reflect the following: Change in specimen shipping address. Revisions were made on May 5, 2020 to reflect the following: Add guidance on…
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COVID-19 Overview and Infection Prevention and Control Priorities in Non-US Healthcare Settings
Coronavirus Background Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can cause illness in animals or humans. In humans there are several known coronaviruses that cause respiratory infections. These coronaviruses…
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What COVID-19 Seroprevalence Surveys Can Tell Us
Updated July 8, 2020 Print Read Text Equivalent (for Section 508 access) What COVID-19 Seroprevalence Surveys Can Tell Us Antibody against SARS-CoV-2 Serology, or antibody, testing checks a sample of…
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Recommendations for Tribal Ceremonies and Gatherings During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Tribal ceremonies such as sweat lodge, social gatherings and seasonal ceremonies, and larger gatherings such as pow wows and rodeos, are a vital part of cultural identity and common and…
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Operational Considerations for Infection Prevention and Control in Outpatient Facilities: non-U.S. Healthcare Settings
1. Background This document outlines strategies for implementation of infection prevention and control (IPC) guidance for non-U.S. outpatient care settings in response to community spread of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Clinics…
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Australia coronavirus: quarantine guards spread disease, leading to Melbourne’s new lockdown
All it took was missteps in the handling of travellers returning from overseas and complacency in a handful of neighbourhoods to plunge Australia’s second-largest city into lockdown for the second…
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Tourist-free Koh Samui welcomes back hordes of turtle hatchlings, but pandemic is not all good news for nature
The palm-fringed Thai island of Koh Samui has been a holiday hot spot for decades. Lonely Planet goes so far as to claim that “the most dramatic event in the…
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Coronavirus map Australia: tracking new cases, Covid-19 stats and live data update by state
Due to the difference in reporting times between states, territories and the federal government, it can be difficult to get a current picture of how many confirmed cases of coronavirus…
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Coronavirus: French bus driver brain-dead after passengers attack him for telling them to wear masks
A bus driver in France was declared brain-dead on Monday after being attacked for refusing to let passengers board his vehicle without face masks, in line with rules imposed to…