Effectiveness of different types and levels of social distancing measures: a scoping review of global evidence from earlier stage of COVID-19 pandemic

KS Sun, TSM Lau, EK Yeoh, VCH Chung, YS Leung… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Social distancing is one of the main non-pharmaceutical interventions used in the
control of the COVID-19 pandemic. This scoping review aims to synthesise research findings …

Age-related vulnerability to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): biological, contextual, and policy-related factors

EM Crimmins - Public Policy & Aging Report, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The detailed facts surrounding the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are still
evolving; however, one of the most shocking aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is how …

Southeast Asia is an emerging hotspot for COVID-19

T Chookajorn, T Kochakarn, C Wilasang, N Kotanan… - Nature Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
To the Editor—The rise in COVID-19 cases in India has become an important lesson to the
global community1. Because certain parts of the world have been left vulnerable to COVID …

The role of healthcare supply chain management in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic: hot off the press

S Sriyanto, MS Lodhi, H Salamun, S Sardin, CF Pasani… - foresight, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The study aims to examine the role of health-care supply chain management
during the COVID-19 pandemic in a cross-section of 42 selected sub-Saharan African (SSA) …

Influenza control during the COVID-19 pandemic

T Hills, N Kearns, C Kearns, R Beasley - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Whether an effective COVID-19 vaccine will be universally available in the UK within a year
is unclear. The UK Government has now accepted that in the interim, the only way to restore …

Singapore's pandemic preparedness: an overview of the first wave of COVID-19

JB Tan, MJ Cook, P Logan, L Rozanova… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
A global response to the rapid spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is
imperative in order to reduce mortality and morbidity as well as preventing a country's health …

[HTML][HTML] Effective contact tracing for COVID-19: A systematic review

CE Juneau, AS Briand, P Collazzo, U Siebert… - Global Epidemiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Contact tracing is commonly recommended to control outbreaks of COVID-19, but its
effectiveness is unclear. Following PRISMA guidelines, we searched four databases using a …

Strategic COVID-19 vaccine distribution can simultaneously elevate social utility and equity

L Chen, F Xu, Z Han, K Tang, P Hui, J Evans… - Nature Human …, 2022 - nature.com
Balancing social utility and equity in distributing limited vaccines is a critical policy concern
for protecting against the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and future health emergencies …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of contact tracing for viral disease mitigation and suppression: evidence-based review

KJT Craig, R Rizvi, VC Willis… - JMIR Public Health …, 2021 - publichealth.jmir.org
Background: Contact tracing in association with quarantine and isolation is an important
public health tool to control outbreaks of infectious diseases. This strategy has been widely …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 monitoring with sparse sampling of sewered and non-sewered wastewater in urban and rural communities

DL Wannigama, M Amarasiri, P Hongsing, C Hurst… - Iscience, 2023 - Elsevier
Equitable SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in low-resource communities lacking centralized
sewers is critical as wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) progresses. However, large …