El 31 de diciembrede 2019 las Autoridades de la República Popular China, comunicaron a la OMS varios casos de neumonía de etiología desconocida en Wuhan, una ciudad situada en la provincia china de Hubei. Una semana más tarde confirmaron que se trataba de un nuevo co...ronavirus que ha sido denominado SARS-CoV-2. Al igual que otros de la familia de los coronavirus, este virus causa diversas manifestaciones clínicas englobadas bajoel término COVID-19, que incluyen cuadros respiratorios que varían desde el resfriado común hastacuadros de neumonía grave con síndrome de distrés respiratorio, shock séptico y fallo multi-orgánico. La mayoría de los casos de COVID-19 notificados hasta el momento debutan con cuadros leves.Un punto de detección importante de casos de COVID-19es la urgencia hospitalaria. El triaje tiene como objetivo identificar y priorizar al paciente más grave. Al tratarse deuna enfermedad transmisiblese debenextremar las medidas deprecaución.
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A new story book that aims to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced
With the help of a fantasy creature, Ario, “My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19!” explains how children can protect themselves, their families and friends from coronavirus and how to... manage difficult emotions when confronted with a new and rapidly changing reality.
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The book – aimed primarily at children aged 6-11 years old – is a project of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings, a unique collaboration of United Nations agencies, national and international nongovernmental organizations and international agencies providing mental health and psychosocial support in emergency settings.
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Strategic Plan for COVID-19 vaccination in Argentina
The WHO continuously reviews available data on SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. For this version, the global epidemiological
situation of the COVID-19 pandemic as of 21 January 2022 – at a time when the Omicron VOC had been identified in 171
countries across all six WHO Regions and was rapidly re...placing Delta worldwide – was considered Omicron has a substantial growth advantage, higher secondary attack rates and a higher observed reproduction number than Delta.
There is now significant evidence that immune evasion contributes to the rapid spread of Omicron. Other factors may be a shorter
serial interval (by about 0.8 to 1.2 days compared to Delta) and potential increased intrinsic transmission fitness . There is
growing evidence that with Omicron, there is lower vaccine effectiveness (VE) against infection and symptomatic disease soon after vaccination compared to Delta. There is also evidence of accelerated waning of VE over time of the primary series against infection and symptomatic disease for the studied vaccines. Further studies are required to better understand the drivers of transmission and declining incidence in various settings. These factors include the intrinsic transmission fitness properties of the virus, degree of immune evasion, vaccination coverage and level of vaccine-derived and post-infection immunity, levels of social mixing and degree of application of public health and social measures (PHSM).
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Actions, Gaps and the Way Forward
As pandemias virais costumam representar sérias ameaças ao equilíbrio dos sistemas de saúde, ao impor-lhes demandas extraor-dinárias e sustentadas, que podem ultrapassar a capacidade de atendimento, no que diz respeito tanto aos insumos e às tecnologias disponíveis, quanto aos recurs...os humanos/profissionais capacitados. Trazem o enorme desafio de equilibrar igualdade entre as pessoas e equidade na distribuição de riscos e benefícios entre elas.
Diante desse cenário de casos cada vez mais frequentes de COVID-19 na
população, surge a premente necessidade de se avaliarem as melhores práticas para a otimização da utilização dos meios e recursos disponíveis. Dessa forma, considerando o iminente risco de indisponibilidade de leitos de terapia intensiva e respiradores para todos os indivíduos, acometidos ou não pela doença, torna-se fundamental estabelecer critérios clínicos, técnicos e éticos, para a melhor utilização dos mesmos, para se conseguir otimizar resultado e gerar o maior benefício possível.
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O Ministério da Saúde atualiza o Diagnosticar para Cuidar com o PLANO NACIONAL DE EXPANSÃO DA TESTAGEM PARA COVID-19 (PNE-Teste) que tem a finalidade de expandir o diagnóstico da covid-19 por meio do teste rápido de antígeno (TR-AG), para uso em indivíduos sintomáticos e assintomáticos, par...a monitorar a situação epidemiológica e direcionar os esforços desta Pasta ministerial na contenção da pandemia no território nacional.
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Острая респираторная вирусная инфекция (ОРВИ) – острое
инфекционное заболевание респираторного тракта, проявляющееся
воспалением верхних дыхательных путей, в б...ольшинстве случаев
завершающееся спонтанным выздоровлением. ОРВИ, как правило, протекает с
катаральными симптомами (насморком, кашлем, болью в горле и др.),
признаками общей интоксикации, субфибрильной, реже фибрильной,
лихорадкой.
Основными возбудителями ОРВИ являются вирусы гриппа типа А и В,
респираторно-синцитиальный вирус (РСВ), вирусы парагриппа, риновирусы,
аденовирусы, человеческие метапневмовирусы, бокавирусы, сезонные
коронавирусы. Вирусы, способные вызывать тяжелые пневмонии, такие как
MERS-CoV и SARS-CoV-2 (возбудитель новой коронавирусной инфекции
COVID-19), могут клинически протекать как сезонные ОРВИ. Также
необходимо помнить, что ОРВИ могут иметь сочетанную этиологию, когда в
развитии инфекционного процесса участвует несколько возбудителей. (версия 2 16.04.2020)
medical treatment for acute respiratory viral infections in outpatient practice during the COVID-19 epidemic
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Accessed: 01.05.2020
El 11 de marzo de 2020 la OMS (Organización Mundial de la salud) ha declarado el CORONAVIRUS - COVID 19 como una pandemia mundial después que el número de afectados fuera de China se haya multiplicado por 13 en dos semanas y el de los demás países se haya triplicado en e...ste mismo periodo
El 26/02/2020 se ha identificado el primer caso de coronavirus en Colombia de una paciente de 19 años proveniente de Milán, Italia y desde la fecha hasta hoy el número de casos se ha multiplicado exponencialmente en el país.
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Rev Saude Publica. 2022; 56: 22.
Published online 2022 Apr 11. doi: 10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056004040
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone, including key populations at higher risk of HIV. And the gains made against other infectious diseases, including HIV, are at risk of being reversed as a result of disruptions caused by COVID-19. This is the background to a new report published by FHI 360,... in collaboration with UNAIDS, which gives advice on how to minimize the impacts of COVID-19 on key populations.
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Information on what is Coronavirus or COVID-19 and how it is spread, along with advice on what older people can do to reduce their risk of catching the virus, and what they should do if they need medical help or support
Covid-19 Epidemiological Surveillance Guide: Public Health Emergency of National Importance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 - version 4