COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus studies strengthen link between loss of smell or taste and Covid-19
A study of patients hit by the recent Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing has highlighted how it affected their sense of taste and smell.Among the 256 Covid-19 cases in the latest…
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Interim Considerations for K-12 School Administrators for SARS-CoV-2 Testing
Note: This document is intended to provide considerations on the appropriate use of testing and does not dictate the determination of payment decisions or insurance coverage of such testing, except…
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Test for Past Infection
If you test positive or negative for COVID-19 on a viral or an antibody test, you still should take preventive measures to protect yourself and others. We do not know yet…
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Interim Considerations for Institutions of Higher Education Administrators for SARS-CoV-2 Testing
Note: This document is intended to provide considerations on the appropriate use of testing and does not dictate the determination of payment decisions or insurance coverage of such testing, except…
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Guidance on Integration of COVID-19 in Existing Acute Febrile Illness (AFI) Surveillance Systems
Background Key actions to reduce transmission of COVID-19, include active case finding, care and isolation, contact tracing, and quarantine. Acute Febrile Illness (AFI) surveillance systems are typically used to better…
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Operational Considerations for Immunization Services during COVID-19 in Non-US Settings Focusing on Low-Middle Income Countries
Background Immunization services have been disrupted significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, threatening the achievements in the eradication and elimination of major vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) like polio and measles. More…
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Daily Life and Going Out
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Singapore PM’s estranged brother won’t contest July 10 election, ending weeks of speculation
Campaigning for Singapore’s pandemic-plagued July 10 general election officially began on Tuesday with the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong pitted against not just the…
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In Indonesia’s Bali, hotels on sale for cheap as coronavirus hammers tourism
Gone are the Australian surfers and Chinese tour groups. Also missing are yoga aficionados seeking inner peace, like Julia Roberts in Eat Pray Love.With no tourists and no income courtesy…
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UK reimposes lockdown on coronavirus-hit city of Leicester
Britain on Monday reimposed lockdown measures on a city hit by an outbreak of coronavirus, in the first big test of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “whack-a-mole” strategy to control the…