54 Coronavirus Bulletin— 23/02/21

 

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54 Coronavirus Bulletin— 23/02/21

 

 

Article –The prognostic value of comorbidity for the severity of COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis study.

  The main objective of the study is to provide additional data regarding the clinical characteristics of the patients diagnosed with COVID-19, and in particular to analyze the factors associated with disease severity, lack of improvement, and mortality.

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Article—Clinical characteristics, treatment and outcomes of paediatric COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Study aimed to compare paediatric COVID-19 disease characteristics, management and outcomes according to World Bank country income level and disease severity .

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Clinical trial—Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine

A placebo-controlled, observer-blinded, pivotal efficacy trial, using either placebo or the BNT162b2 vaccine candidate (30 μg per dose).  The primary end points were efficacy of the vaccine against laboratory-confirmed Covid-19 and safety.

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A Randomized Trial of Convalescent Plasma in Covid-19 Severe Pneumonia

Randomly assigned hospitalized adult patients with severe Covid-19 pneumonia in a 2:1 ratio to receive convalescent plasma or placebo. The primary outcome was the patient’s clinical status 30 days after the intervention, as measured on a six-point ordinal scale ranging from total recovery to death

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Tools—Coronavirus (COVID-19) risk assessment

QCovid® is a coronavirus risk prediction model, created by the University of Oxford, which NHS Digital are using to support the NHS coronavirus response

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Research—Ethnic minority health staff are less likely to take up vaccine, early data show

A hospital trust in the Midlands has said that it is working to understand why some of its staff remain unvaccinated against covid-19

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Research—Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT) Study

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Guidance—COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021

Click here for the government published COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021’, setting out the roadmap out of the current lockdown for England.

 

Technical report—Behavioural Insights research to support the response to COVID-19: a survey of implementation in the EU

This Technical Report presents evidence about the current status of Behavioural Insights (BI) research being conducted in the ten EU/EEA Member State

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