Background The declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic on March 11 2020, by the World
Health Organisation prompted the need for a sustained and a rapid international response …

Background Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 is crucial for monitoring the spread of
COVID-19 and guiding public health decisions, but the capacity for SARS-CoV-2 testing and …

Less than a month after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2)
was described as the causative agent of COVID-19, 1, 2 molecular diagnostic assays based …

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant effect on influenza activity globally. In
this study, we analyzed trends of influenza activity in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in …

Global infection and mortality rates have soared to millions due to SARS-CoV-2 human-to-
human transmission from via droplets which then declared as pandemic. This study …

En 2020, le Ghana devient le premier pays au monde à utiliser les drones de Zipline pour
livrer des échantillons de test Covid-19 au Noguchi Memorial Institute, le plus grand …

Background Ghana reported the first COVID-19 cases on 12 March 2020. Response actions
were rolled out along seven thematic pillars to limit the importation, detect and contain the …

Viral infections, ranging from the common cold to severe illnesses like HIV/AIDS, Ebola, and
SARS-CoV-2, are a major public health concern. The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical …

In March 2020, the first cases of SARS-CoV-2 were reported in Accra, Ghana. These initial
cases were diagnosed at the Advanced Research Laboratories (ARL) of the Noguchi …