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1. Does the data tell the true story? A modelling assessment of early COVID-19 pandemic suppression and mitigation strategies in Ghana.

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Frempong NK, Acheampong T, Apenteng OO, Nakua E, and Amuasi JH

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Ghana epidemiology, Humans, Models, Statistical, Public Health, Quarantine, COVID-19 epidemiology, COVID-19 prevention & control, COVID-19 transmission, Pandemics prevention & control
Abstract

This paper uses publicly available data and various statistical models to estimate the basic reproduction number (R0) and other disease parameters for Ghana's early COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. We also test the effectiveness of government imposition of public health measures to reduce the risk of transmission and impact of the pandemic, especially in the early phase. R0 is estimated from the statistical model as 3.21 using a 0.147 estimated growth rate [95% C.I.: 0.137-0.157] and a 15-day time to recovery after COVID-19 infection. This estimate of the initial R0 is consistent with others reported in the literature from other parts of Africa, China and Europe. Our results also indicate that COVID-19 transmission reduced consistently in Ghana after the imposition of public health interventions-such as border restrictions, intra-city movement, quarantine and isolation-during the first phase of the pandemic from March to May 2020. However, the time-dependent reproduction number (Rt) beyond mid-May 2020 does not represent the true situation, given that there was not a consistent testing regime in place. This is also confirmed by our Jack-knife bootstrap estimates which show that the positivity rate over-estimates the true incidence rate from mid-May 2020. Given concerns about virus mutations, delays in vaccination and a possible new wave of the pandemic, there is a need for systematic testing of a representative sample of the population to monitor the reproduction number. There is also an urgent need to increase the availability of testing for the general population to enable early detection, isolation and treatment of infected individuals to reduce progression to severe disease and mortality., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Published
2021
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2. Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to animals: an updated review.

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Salajegheh Tazerji S, Magalhães Duarte P, Rahimi P, Shahabinejad F, Dhakal S, Singh Malik Y, Shehata AA, Lama J, Klein J, Safdar M, Rahman MT, Filipiak KJ, Rodríguez-Morales AJ, Sobur MA, Kabir F, Vazir B, Mboera L, Caporale M, Islam MS, Amuasi JH, Gharieb R, Roncada P, Musaad S, Tilocca B, Koohi MK, Taghipour A, Sait A, Subbaram K, Jahandideh A, Mortazavi P, Abedini MA, Hokey DA, Hogan U, Shaheen MNF, Elaswad A, Elhaig MM, and Fawzy M

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Animal Husbandry, Animals, COVID-19, Cats, Coronavirus classification, Coronavirus genetics, Coronavirus Infections epidemiology, Coronavirus Infections transmission, Disease Reservoirs veterinary, Disease Reservoirs virology, Dogs, Genome, Viral, Humans, Mink virology, Netherlands epidemiology, Occupational Exposure, Pets virology, Phylogeny, Pneumonia, Viral epidemiology, Pneumonia, Viral transmission, SARS-CoV-2, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus genetics, Translational Research, Biomedical, Zoonoses epidemiology, Betacoronavirus classification, Betacoronavirus genetics, Betacoronavirus pathogenicity, Coronavirus Infections veterinary, Pandemics veterinary, Pneumonia, Viral veterinary, Zoonoses transmission
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COVID-19 caused by a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) originated in Wuhan (Hubei province, China) during late 2019. It has spread across the globe affecting nearly 21 million people with a toll of 0.75 million deaths and restricting the movement of most of the world population during the past 6 months. COVID-19 became the leading health, economic, and humanitarian challenge of the twenty-first century. In addition to the considerable COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in humans, several cases of SARS-CoV-2 infections in animal hosts (dog, cat, tiger, lion, and mink) have been reported. Thus, the concern of pet owners is increasing. Moreover, the dynamics of the disease requires further explanation, mainly concerning the transmission of the virus from humans to animals and vice versa. Therefore, this study aimed to gather information about the reported cases of COVID-19 transmission in animals through a literary review of works published in scientific journals and perform genomic and phylogenetic analyses of SARS-CoV-2 isolated from animal hosts. Although many instances of transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 have been reported, caution and further studies are necessary to avoid the occurrence of maltreatment in animals, and to achieve a better understanding of the dynamics of the disease in the environment, humans, and animals. Future research in the animal-human interface can help formulate and implement preventive measures to combat the further transmission of COVID-19.

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2020
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3. A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat

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Lazarus, Jeffrey V., Romero, Diana, Kopka, Christopher J., Karim, Salim Abdool, Abu-Raddad, Laith J., Almeida, Gisele, Baptista-Leite, Ricardo, Barocas, Joshua A., Barreto, Mauricio L., Bar-Yam, Yaneer, Bassat, Quique, Batista, Carolina, Bazilian, Morgan, Chiou, Shu-Ti, del Rio, Carlos, Dore, Gregory J., Gao, George F., Gostin, Lawrence O., Hellard, Margaret, Jimenez, Jose L., Kang, Gagandeep, Lee, Nancy, Matičič, Mojca, McKee, Martin, Nsanzimana, Sabin, Oliu-Barton, Miquel, Pradelski, Bary, Pyzik, Oksana, Rabin, Kenneth, Raina, Sunil, Rashid, Sabina Faiz, Rathe, Magdalena, Saenz, Rocio, Singh, Sudhvir, Trock-Hempler, Malene, Villapol, Sonia, Yap, Peiling, Binagwaho, Agnes, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, El-Mohandes, Ayman, Barreto, Mauricio, Abdulla, Salim, Addleman, Sarah, Aghayeva, Gulnara, Agius, Raymond, Ahmed, Mohammed, Ramy, Mohamed Ahmed, Aide, Pedro, Aleman, Soo, Alfred, Jean-Patrick, Ali, Shamim, Aliaga, Jorge, Aloudat, Tammam, Alqahtani, Saleh A., Al-Salman, Jameela, Amuasi, John H., Agrawal, Anurag, Anwar, Wagida, Araujo-Jorge, Tania, Artaza, Osvaldo, Asadi, Leyla, Awuku, Yaw, Baker, Michael, Barberia, Lorena, Bascolo, Ernesto, Belcher, Paul, Bell, Lizett, Benzaken, Adele, Bergholtz, Emil, Bhadelia, Nahid, Bhan, Anant, Bilodeau, Stephane, Bitrán, Ricardo, Bluyssen, Philomena, Bosman, Arnold, Bozza, Fernando A., Brinkmann, Melanie M., Brown, Andrew, Mellado, Bruce, Bukusi, Elizabeth, Bullen, Chris, Buonanno, Giorgio, Burgess, Rochelle, Butler, Matthew, Byakika-Kibwika, Pauline, Cabieses, Baltica, Carlsson, Gunilla, Cascini, Fidelia, Chabala, Chishala, Chakroun, Mohamed, Cheng, null, Chetty, Agnes, Chumachenko, Dmytro, Consalves, Gregg, Conway Morris, Andrew, Cordie, Ahmed, Corrah, Tumani, Crabtree-Ramírez, Brenda, Dashdorj, Naranjargal, Davidovitch, Nadav, de Souza, Luis Eugenio, Dhariwal, Akshay Chand, Druică, Elena, Ergonul, Onder, Erondu, Ngozi A., Essar, Mohammad Yasir, Ewing, Andrew, Fanjul, Gonzalo, Feierstein, Daniel, Feigl-Ding, Eric, Figueroa, Ramon, Figueroa, John Peter, Fisher, Dale, Flores, Walter, Forero-Peña, David A., Frumkin, Howard, Gamkrelidze, Amiran, Gandhi, Monica, Garcia, Patricia, Garcia-Basteiro, Alberto L., García-Sastre, Adolfo, Garg, Suneela, Gbeasor-Komlanvi, null, Gershenson, Carlos, Gilada, Ishwar, Giovanella, Ligia, González, Marino, Green, Manfred S., Greenhalgh, Trisha, Griffin, Paul, Griffin, Stephen, Grinsztejn, Beatriz, Anand, Tanu, Guerra, Germán, Guinto, Renzo, Gujski, Mariusz, Guner, Rahmet, Hamdy, Adam, Hâncean, Marian-Gabriel, Haniffa, Abusayeed, Hartigan-Go, Kenneth Y., Hassan, Hoda K., Hay, Simon I., Heino, Matti T. 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V., Romero D., Kopka C. J., Karim S. A., Abu-Raddad L. J., Almeida G., Baptista-Leite R., Barocas J. A., Barreto M. L., Bar-Yam Y., et al.

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Pandemics/economics, BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE. Clinical Medical Sciences, COVID-19 Vaccines, Delphi Technique, General Science & Technology, International Cooperation, Temel Bilimler (SCI), ÇOK DİSİPLİNLİ BİLİMLER, Public Health/economics, [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine, Medicine and Health Sciences, Humans, prevention and control, human, Settore MED/42 - IGIENE GENERALE E APPLICATA, Health Education, Pandemics, Multidisipliner, Organizations, Multidisciplinary, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES, COVID-19/economics, Temel Bilimler, pandemic, Communication, Health Policy, BIOMEDICINA I ZDRAVSTVO. Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Doğa Bilimleri Genel, COVID-19, 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health, Delphi study, NATURAL SCIENCES, GENERAL, N/A, Public Opinion, Government, Natural Sciences (SCI), Public Health, Natural Sciences
Abstract

Despite notable scientific and medical advances, broader political, socioeconomic and behavioural factors continue to undercut the response to the COVID-19 pandemic . Here we convened, as part of this Delphi study, a diverse, multidisciplinary panel of 386 academic, health, non-governmental organization, government and other experts in COVID-19 response from 112 countries and territories to recommend specific actions to end this persistent global threat to public health. The panel developed a set of 41 consensus statements and 57 recommendations to governments, health systems, industry and other key stakeholders across six domains: communication; health systems; vaccination; prevention; treatment and care; and inequities. In the wake of nearly three years of fragmented global and national responses, it is instructive to note that three of the highest-ranked recommendations call for the adoption of whole-of-society and whole-of-government approaches , while maintaining proven prevention measures using a vaccines-plus approach that employs a range of public health and financial support measures to complement vaccination. Other recommendations with at least 99% combined agreement advise governments and other stakeholders to improve communication, rebuild public trust and engage communities in the management of pandemic responses. The findings of the study, which have been further endorsed by 184 organizations globally, include points of unanimous agreement, as well as six recommendations with >5% disagreement, that provide health and social policy actions to address inadequacies in the pandemic response and help to bring this public health threat to an end.

Published
2022

4. Pandemic origins and a One Health approach to preparedness and prevention: Solutions based on SARS-CoV-2 and other RNA viruses.

Author

Keusch, Gerald T., Amuasi, John H., Anderson, Danielle E., Daszak, Peter, Eckerle, Isabella, Field, Hume, Koopmans, Marion, Lam, Sai Kit, Das Neves, Carlos G., Peiris, Malik, Perlman, Stanley, Wacharapluesadee, Supaporn, Yadana, Su, and Saif, Linda

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*SARS-CoV-2, *WILD animal trade, *RNA viruses, *PREPAREDNESS, *INFECTIOUS disease transmission, *PANDEMICS
Abstract

COVID-19 is the latest zoonotic RNA virus epidemic of concern. Learning how it began and spread will help to determine how to reduce the risk of future events. We review major RNA virus outbreaks since 1967 to identify common features and opportunities to prevent emergence, including ancestral viral origins in birds, bats, and other mammals; animal reservoirs and intermediate hosts; and pathways for zoonotic spillover and community spread, leading to local, regional, or international outbreaks. The increasing scientific evidence concerning the origins of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is most consistent with a zoonotic origin and a spillover pathway from wildlife to people via wildlife farming and the wildlife trade. We apply what we know about these outbreaks to identify relevant, feasible, and implementable interventions. We identify three primary targets for pandemic prevention and preparedness: first, smart surveillance coupled with epidemiological risk assessment across wildlife–livestock–human (One Health) spillover interfaces; second, research to enhance pandemic preparedness and expedite development of vaccines and therapeutics; and third, strategies to reduce underlying drivers of spillover risk and spread and reduce the influence of misinformation. For all three, continued efforts to improve and integrate biosafety and biosecurity with the implementation of a One Health approach are essential. We discuss new models to address the challenges of creating an inclusive and effective governance structure, with the necessary stable funding for cross-disciplinary collaborative research. Finally, we offer recommendations for feasible actions to close the knowledge gaps across the One Health continuum and improve preparedness and response in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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