COVID-19: What you need to know about COVID pandemic on 2 Sept

COVID-19: What you need to know about COVID pandemic on 2 Sept: Scientists warn of risks of ineffective vaccine; Brazil's cases near 4 million; EU will 'double down' on climate goals.

Pandemia empurra empresas para a net

Pandemia empurra empresas para a net. Abertura de novas páginas atinge números recorde: Mais de metade das novas empresas que chegam agora à internet são pequenos negócios, pertencem à restauração, à área dos serviços domésticos e ginásios. Disparou ainda a abertura de domínios de projetos de solidariedade social, que visam mitigar o impacto da crise pandémica.   Mais de metade das novas empresas que chegam agora à internet são pequenos negócios, pertencem à restauração, à área dos serviços domésticos e ginásios. Disparou ainda a abertura de domínios de projetos de solidariedade social, que visam mitigar o impacto da crise pandémica.

COVID Recovery

COVID Recovery: Forecasts from Good Judgment's Professional Superforecasters

How many people has the coronavirus killed?

How many people has the coronavirus killed? this high-level metric has several flaws. It cannot distinguish between those who are dying of the disease and those who succumb to other factors related to the pandemic, such as disruptions to regular health care, which can delay treatments or mean that people do not seek medical care. It relies on accurate, timely reporting of deaths, which can be limited owing to underdeveloped death-registration systems, or might even be intentionally suppressed. And as with so many other aspects of the pandemic, the statistic has become politicized — a way for countries to claim superiority over one another.

Experts worry that simple reports of excess deaths have led to premature or faulty comparisons of countries’ pandemic responses, and have largely ignored the situation in low- and middle-income countries owing to a lack of data.

COVID-19: EU countries should harmonise testing procedures and frequency

COVID-19: EU countries should harmonise testing procedures and frequency:

- Upsurge of COVID-19 cases at EU level in the last five weeks to 46 infections per 100.000 inhabitants per week

- Need to harmonise testing procedures as testing frequency ranges from 173 to 6.000 per 100.000 per week in EU member states

- Stronger role for the ECDC needed including enabling it to issue recommendations

COVID-19 Data Portal

COVID-19 Data Portal: launched in April 2020 to bring together
relevant datasets for sharing and analysis in an effort to accelerate
coronavirus research. It enables researchers to upload, access and
analyse COVID-19 related reference data and specialist datasets as part
of the wider European COVID-19 Data Platform. 

Disease Mitigation in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Disease Mitigation in the Control of Pandemic Influenza (2006): The threat of an influenza pandemic has alarmed countries around the globe and given rise to an intense interest in disease mitigation measures. This article reviews what is known about the effectiveness and practical feasibility of a range of actions that might be taken in attempts to lessen the number of cases and deaths resulting from an influenza pandemic. The article also discusses potential adverse second- and third-order effects of mitigation actions that decision makers must take into account. Finally, the article summarizes the authors’ judgments of the likely effectiveness and likely adverse consequences of the range of disease mitigation measures and suggests priorities and practical actions to be taken.