Objective To systematically learn lessons from the experiences of countries implementing
find, test, trace, isolate, support (FTTIS) in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Design …

Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) became a pandemic within a
matter of months. Analysing the first year of the pandemic, data and surveillance gaps have …

Methods: The data were extracted from January 22 to April 30, 2020. The frequencies of
testing performance were described over time and by place. We described cases by time …

Background Integrated health service delivery (IHSD) is a promising approach to improve
health system resilience. However, there is a lack of evidence specific to the low/lower …

Background Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which initially started as a cluster of
pneumonia cases in the Wuhan city of China has now become a full-blown pandemic …

Methods: Ten virus research and diagnostic laboratories (VRDLs) testing for COVID-19 by
real-time RT-PCR participated in this evaluation. At each laboratory, 100 nasopharyngeal …

SARS-CoV-2/influenza virus co-infection studies have focused on hospitalized patients who
usually had grave sequelae. Here, we report SARS-CoV-2/influenza virus co-infection cases …

A network of global respiratory disease surveillance systems and partnerships has been
built over decades as a direct response to the persistent threat of seasonal, zoonotic, and …

There is limited surveillance and laboratory capacity for non-influenza respiratory viruses in
India. We leveraged the influenza sentinel surveillance of India to detect other respiratory …

Sudden emergence and rapid spread of COVID-19 created an inevitable need for
expansion of the COVID-19 laboratory testing network across the world. The strategy to test …