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World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Contact tracing for COVID-19 is the process of identifying, assessing, and managing people who have been exposed to someone who has been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, while quarantine is the separation of contacts from other people after exposure to a probable or confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 infection. In the context of growing global population immunity from COVID-19 vaccination and past SARS-CoV-2 infection, WHO recommends that identification, contact, quarantine and follow-up should be prioritized for individuals at high risk who have been in contact with a confirmed or probable case of SARS-CoV-2 infection, rather than targeting all contacts. This updated guidance also introduces shorter recommended quarantine periods, including the ability to further shorten quarantine through the use of testing. National and local health authorities should use risk-based approaches to contact tracing and quarantine that include reviewing and adjusting to their local circumstances and disease epidemiology, population immunity, their health system’s capacities, and risk tolerance

Tags: COVID-19, Contact Tracing, Public health, Outbreak Control, Quarantine, omicron, Surveillance,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream

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World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2022) C_WHO

The African Region has been experiencing unprecedented health challenges due to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which have compounded the already difficult task the Region was facing in moving towards universal health coverage (UHC) attainment

Tags: COVID-19, strategy, Africa, response plan, Prevention, outbreak managment,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

Revised case report form for confirmed Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (‎‎‎report to WHO within 48 hours of case identification)‎‎‎

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

22 July 2022

Tags: case report, COVID-19, Surveillance,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream

SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern as of 12 May 2022

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2022) CC

ECDC regularly assesses new evidence on variants detected through epidemic intelligence, rules-based genomic variant screening, or other scientific sources. If a decision is made to add, remove, or change the category for any variant, the tables are updated to reflect this chang

Tags: risk assessment, SARS-CoV-2, mutation, variant,

Source: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/covid-19/v

Strengthening pandemic preparedness planning for respiratory pathogens: policy brief, 27 April 2022

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

This policy brief outlines core elements that Member States are encouraged to a) develop an integrated approach to respiratory pathogen pandemic preparedness planning and b) enhance national and sub-national functional capacities for preparedness. In addition, this policy brief highlights suggested actions for Member States as they initiate or update national and sub-national pandemic preparedness planning process

Tags: Respiratory Infections, pandemic, preparedness, Capacity Building, national level,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream

Preparing for and responding to global health emergencies

Cochrane Convenes (2022) C1

Learnings from the COVID-19 evidence response and recommendations for the future. Reflections and recommendations from the evidence synthesis community.

Tags: COVID-19, Lessons learned, preparedness, outbreak response,

Source: https://convenes.cochrane.org/sites/conv

Use of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detection rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19 self-testing

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

9 March 2022, Timely and accurate diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 is an essential part of a comprehensive COVID-19 response strategy. Ag-RDTs can be performed by individuals in which they collect their own specimen, perform a simple rapid test and interpret their test result themselves at a time and place of their choosing, termed COVID-19 self-testing. This interim guidance provides a new recommendation that COVID-19 self-testing, using SARS-CoV-2 Ag-RDTs, should be offered as part of SARS-CoV-2 testing services. It also includes implementation considerations that can guide decisions on whether, and how, to adopt self-testing in different contexts, including the populations being prioritized; the disease prevalence in that population; and the impact on accessibility of testing, health care services and result reporting

Tags: COVID-19, self-testing, RDT, antigen, rapid antigen test,

Source: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/

Special Focus: Update on SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Variants of Concern

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19, 22 Feburary 2022

Tags: covax, Vaccines, COVID-19, Supply, Access, variants, virus variants, mutation, Brazil, South Africa, Great Britain, Delta, Beta, Gamma, omicron, Vaccination,

Source: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

This document summarizes current WHO guidance for public health surveillance of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in humans caused by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). New elements include: update of contact definitions, in line with latest contact tracing guidance update of detection strategies in line with updated version of WHO SARS-CoV-2 testing guidance reinfection evidence standardization and surveillance: molecular, genomic and immunological evidence of reinfection inclusion of clinical case definition of Post COVID-19 condition as defined by WHO definition of breakthrough infectio

Tags: Surveillance, COVID-19, Public health,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

To support countries’ preparedness effort on the COVID-19 outbreak, the Department of Health Security Preparedness at the WHO headquarters has developed various COVID-19 tabletop exercise (TTX) and Drills (DR) packages . If you need technical support to implement any of the exercises listed on this page, please contact your WHO country office or regional office focal point

Tags: Training, outbreak preparedness, simulation, outbreak management, preparedness, Vaccination, public health measures,

Source: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases

	Contact tracing and quarantine in the context of COVID-19: interim guidance, 6 July 2022 NEW World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(13) Download (18) Add to my MEDBOX Contact tracing for COVID-19 is the process of identifying, assessing, and managing people who have been exposed to someone who has been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, while quarantine is the separation of contacts from other people after exposure to a probable or confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 infection. In the context of growing global population immunity from COVID-19 vaccination and past SARS-CoV-2 infection, WHO recommends that identification, contact, quarantine and follow-up should be prioritized for individuals at high risk who have been in contact with a confirmed or probable case of SARS-CoV-2 infection, rather than targeting all contacts. This updated guidance also introduces shorter recommended quarantine periods, including the ability to further shorten quarantine through the use of testing. National and local health authorities should use risk-based approaches to contact tracing and quarantine that include reviewing and adjusting to their local circumstances and disease epidemiology, population immunity, their health system’s capacities, and risk tolerance Tags: COVID-19, Contact Tracing, Public health, Outbreak Control, Quarantine, omicron, Surveillance, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	The future of WHO Covid-19 response operations in Africa in 2022 NEW World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office of Africa (2022) C_WHO View PDF(0) Download (0) Add to my MEDBOX The African Region has been experiencing unprecedented health challenges due to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which have compounded the already difficult task the Region was facing in moving towards universal health coverage (UHC) attainment Tags: COVID-19, strategy, Africa, response plan, Prevention, outbreak managment, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Revised case report form for confirmed Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (‎‎‎report to WHO within 48 hours of case identification)‎‎‎ World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(1) Download (1) Add to my MEDBOX 22 July 2022 Tags: case report, COVID-19, Surveillance, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern as of 12 May 2022 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ECDC (2022) CC Open external link (74) Add to my MEDBOX ECDC regularly assesses new evidence on variants detected through epidemic intelligence, rules-based genomic variant screening, or other scientific sources. If a decision is made to add, remove, or change the category for any variant, the tables are updated to reflect this chang Tags: risk assessment, SARS-CoV-2, mutation, variant, Source: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/covid-19/v
	Strengthening pandemic preparedness planning for respiratory pathogens: policy brief, 27 April 2022 World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(4) Download (5) Add to my MEDBOX This policy brief outlines core elements that Member States are encouraged to a) develop an integrated approach to respiratory pathogen pandemic preparedness planning and b) enhance national and sub-national functional capacities for preparedness. In addition, this policy brief highlights suggested actions for Member States as they initiate or update national and sub-national pandemic preparedness planning process Tags: Respiratory Infections, pandemic, preparedness, Capacity Building, national level, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	Preparing for and responding to global health emergencies Cochrane Convenes (2022) C1 View PDF(13) Download (18) Add to my MEDBOX Learnings from the COVID-19 evidence response and recommendations for the future. Reflections and recommendations from the evidence synthesis community. Tags: COVID-19, Lessons learned, preparedness, outbreak response, Source: https://convenes.cochrane.org/sites/conv
	Use of SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detection rapid diagnostic tests for COVID-19 self-testing World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(10) Download (17) Add to my MEDBOX 9 March 2022, Timely and accurate diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 is an essential part of a comprehensive COVID-19 response strategy. Ag-RDTs can be performed by individuals in which they collect their own specimen, perform a simple rapid test and interpret their test result themselves at a time and place of their choosing, termed COVID-19 self-testing. This interim guidance provides a new recommendation that COVID-19 self-testing, using SARS-CoV-2 Ag-RDTs, should be offered as part of SARS-CoV-2 testing services. It also includes implementation considerations that can guide decisions on whether, and how, to adopt self-testing in different contexts, including the populations being prioritized; the disease prevalence in that population; and the impact on accessibility of testing, health care services and result reporting Tags: COVID-19, self-testing, RDT, antigen, rapid antigen test, Source: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/
	Special Focus: Update on SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Variants of Concern World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(44) Download (30) Add to my MEDBOX Weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19, 22 Feburary 2022 Tags: covax, Vaccines, COVID-19, Supply, Access, variants, virus variants, mutation, Brazil, South Africa, Great Britain, Delta, Beta, Gamma, omicron, Vaccination, Source: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/
	Эпидемиологический надзор за COVID-19: временные рекомендации, 14 февраля 2022 г. World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(8) Download (9) Add to my MEDBOX This document summarizes current WHO guidance for public health surveillance of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in humans caused by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). New elements include: update of contact definitions, in line with latest contact tracing guidance update of detection strategies in line with updated version of WHO SARS-CoV-2 testing guidance reinfection evidence standardization and surveillance: molecular, genomic and immunological evidence of reinfection inclusion of clinical case definition of Post COVID-19 condition as defined by WHO definition of breakthrough infectio Tags: Surveillance, COVID-19, Public health, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	COVID-19 Simulation Exercises Packages World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO Open external link (528) Add to my MEDBOX To support countries’ preparedness effort on the COVID-19 outbreak, the Department of Health Security Preparedness at the WHO headquarters has developed various COVID-19 tabletop exercise (TTX) and Drills (DR) packages . If you need technical support to implement any of the exercises listed on this page, please contact your WHO country office or regional office focal point Tags: Training, outbreak preparedness, simulation, outbreak management, preparedness, Vaccination, public health measures, Source: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases

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