Episode 2: Coronavirus

Show Notes:

Latest information on Coronavirus around the world: Situation Reports

Original News Story - Science Daily: University of Southampton (2020) Potential Global Spread of New Coronavirus Available at: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200129091359.htm [Accessed: 24/2/2020]

Video Link: World Health Organisation. (2020) Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). 31/1/2020. Available at: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 [Accessed: 24/2/2020]

Initial Transmission Report: Shengjie Lai, Isaac Bogoch, Nick Ruktanonchai, Alexander Watts, Yu Li, Jianzing Yu, Xin Lv, Weizhong Yang, Hongjie Yu, Kamran Khan, Zhongjie Li, Andrew J Tatem, (2020) ‘Assessing spread risk of Wuhan novel coronavirus within and beyond China, January-April 2020: a travel network-based modelling study’ medRxiv Doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.04.20020479

Clinical Symptoms and Diagnostics:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/hcp/clinical-criteria.html

Huang, Chaolin et al. () ‘Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China’ The Lancet. 395(10223). Pp497-506. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30183-5

Define a Public Health Emergency of International Concern : https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/international-health-regulations-and-emergency-committees

Press Briefing: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/t0221-cdc-telebriefing-covid-19.html

Busting Myths about Coronavirus: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters