9 listopada 2021
- Nawet osoby w pełni zaszczepione mogą zarażać domowników koronawirusem
https://www.esculap.com/news/162628/nawet-osoby-w-peni-zaszczepione-mog-zaraa-domownikw-koronawirusem?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=GM&utm_campaign=2210
23 czerwca 2021
- MZ: 6,5 mln zł na rozbudowę laboratoriów sanepidu
https://www.mp.pl/covid19/covid19-aktualnosci/273342,mz-65-mln-zl-na-rozbudowe-laboratoriow-sanepidu
22 maja 2021
- Ozdrowieńcy zakażają się koronawirusem, niektórzy nawet trzy razy
https://pulmonologia.esculap.com/news/161864/ozdrowiecy-zakaaj-si-koronawirusem-niektrzy-nawet-trzy-razy
- Czy prawo przewiduje możliwość zdjęcia lub skrócenia przez lekarza izolacji nałożonej na pacjenta z powodu dodatniego wyniku badania w kierunku zakażenia SARS-CoV-2, jeżeli lekarz oceni ten wynik jako fałszywie dodatni?
https://www.mp.pl/covid19/prawo/270890,czy-prawo-przewiduje-mozliwosc-zdjecia-lub-skrocenia-przez-lekarza-izolacji-nalozonej-na-pacjenta-z-powodu-dodatniego-wyniku-badania-w-kierunku-zakazenia-sars-cov-2-jezeli-lekarz-oceni-ten-wynik-jako-falszywie-dodatni
27 października 2020
- CDC Expands Definition of COVID-19 Exposure From 'Close Contact'
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/939638?src=wnl_edit_tpal&uac=73796MK&impID=2635678&faf=1
Previously, the CDC cautioned against spending 15 minutes or longer in close proximity to an infected person, particularly in enclosed indoor spaces.
In a new report published online October 21 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, however, investigators "determined that an individual who had a series of shorter contacts that over time added up to more than 15 minutes became infected."
Further review of the surveillance video showed that the officer had numerous brief encounters of approximately 1 minute each that cumulatively exceeded 15 minutes over a 24-hour period, the researchers reported.
- Kogo uznaje się za osobę z kontaktu - raport ECDC.
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/covid-19-contact-tracing-public-health-management
Wysokie ryzyko zakażenia występuje w przypadku:
- kontaktu twarzą w twarz z osobą zakażoną w promieniu do dwóch metrów przez ponad łącznie 15 minut w trakcie 24 godzin;
- fizycznego kontaktu z osobą zakażoną,
- bezpośredniego kontaktu z zakaźną wydzieliną osoby chorej (np. kaszlu);
- przebywania w zamkniętym pomieszczeniu (np. gospodarstwo domowe, klasa, sala
- konferencyjna, poczekalnia szpitalna itp.) lub podróżowania z potwierdzonym przypadkiem przez ponad 15 minut;
- pracownika ochrony zdrowia lub laboratorium pracujących bez zalecanych środków ochrony osobistej.
3 września 2020
- Cell Phone Data to Predict COVID Cases -- Too 'Big Brother'
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/936588?src=wnl_edit_tpal&uac=73796MK&impID=2543620&faf=1
In your pocket right now, or on your desk, or maybe your bedside table, is a sophisticated GPS-connected tracking device that has — more likely than not — been logging your movements for years now. Of course, you know it as a cell phone, and most of us have a vague sense that it knows more about us than we might like. That's right: Big Brother is watching you.
- Apple and Google expand coronavirus warning software
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/09/01/apple-google-exposure-notification-express/?utm_campaign=wp_to_your_health&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_tyh&wpmk=1&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0YSIsImNvb2tpZXZhbHVlIjoiNWYwNGE2YTFhZTdlOGE0MzYwZmYyMjYxIiwidGFnIjoiNWY0ZWFiMzI5ZDJmZGEyYzM2ODg0Y2M0IiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL3RlY2hub2xvZ3kvMjAyMC8wOS8wMS9hcHBsZS1nb29nbGUtZXhwb3N1cmUtbm90aWZpY2F0aW9uLWV4cHJlc3MvP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj13cF90b195b3VyX2hlYWx0aCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ3cGlzcmM9bmxfdHloJndwbWs9MSJ9.lN4IVsOFEtWudLQWWTSIylLmoDAbyFO6igtxP3GfAxg
Apple and Google said Tuesday they’re expanding coronavirus warning software so that state health agencies can participate without having to create customized apps.
- Covid-19: Is local contact tracing the answer?
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3248
Last week, the government announced a major shift in its approach to covid-19 contact tracing in England, by giving local council public health teams more responsibility and shrinking the national Test and Trace scheme.
- Automated and partly automated contact tracing: a systematic review to inform the control of COVID-19
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landig/article/PIIS2589-7500(20)30184-9/fulltext?dgcid=hubspot_email_newsletter_tlcoronavirus20&utm_campaign=tlcoronavirus20&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=93607255&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Ku6tA1sH7PIgufp8T4GuKC0tg-4D4Mu90JE7q92GDNN5RyHX65T0u5SuMPRWf4yG7TOuGFjEURNrObFgR9mLYo4G0D27gC4XeTCGghiJOqYiFHzs&utm_content=93607255&utm_source=hs_email
Well designed prospective studies are needed given gaps in evidence of effectiveness, and to investigate the integration and relative effects of manual and automated systems. Large-scale manual contact tracing is therefore still key in most contexts.
- Zmowa milczenia podejrzanych o kontakty z zakażonymi koronawirusem
https://www.esculap.com/news/159719/zmowa-milczenia-podejrzanych-o-kontakty-z-zakaonymi-koronawirusem?utm_campaign=goniec2018&utm_source=esculap_wszyscy&utm_medium=goniec&utm_content=L11&link_id=232661
Powoduje to problemy z ustaleniem właściwej liczby osób, które z powodów sanitarnych powinny zostać objęte kwarantanną domową. Mamy kłopoty we współpracy z takimi osobami.” – przyznaje Dzisko.
- Contact Tracer Teams Growing Amid New Challenges
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/933213_print
Woo and Cirillo are among the thousands of contact tracers nationwide who alert people that they have been exposed to COVID-19. "Exposed" means they came into close contact ― within 6 feet for more than 10 minutes ― with an infected person. "This is usually members of their household or co-workers," says Cirillo, who now trains case investigators and contact tracers.
- UK ditches its coronavirus app for Google and Apple version
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/18/tech/uk-coronavirus-app-google-apple/index.html?utm_term=15925665770943a8f661fe5eb&utm_source=Coronavirus+Update+-+June+19%2C+2020&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=217533_1592566577095&bt_ee=pRTPR2H7IRZ%2BPKCwjw3FlN4N7yI6BsTxDtWpiXoRd7IIfydmm13jx1RKsX5gW63X&bt_ts=1592566577095
The new smartphone app will incorporate some of lessons the UK government has learned from working on its own app, such as how to better estimate the distance between users. The government did not give a roll out date.
- Norway data protection authority temporarily bans use of coronavirus tracking app
https://www.euronews.com/2020/06/15/norway-data-protection-authority-temporarily-bans-use-of-coronavirus-tracking-app?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=special_coverage&utm_campaign=coronavirus&_ope=eyJndWlkIjoiZDViNzM0MWRmOGYyYmNmMzMyMmRiNGUwYmNiY2U5NmEifQ%3D%3D
Norway's data inspectorate has banned the use of a public health application to control the spread of COVID-19 over data protection concerns.
The application Smittestopp "collects large amounts of personal information about those who use the app, including continuous location data and information about users' contact with others," the Norwegian Data Protection Authority said in a statement on Monday.
- France approves release of controversial COVID-19 tracking app
https://www.euronews.com/2020/05/27/france-s-controversial-covid-19-tracking-phone-app-approved-by-lower-house-of-parliament?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=special_coverage&utm_campaign=coronavirus&_ope=eyJndWlkIjoiZDViNzM0MWRmOGYyYmNmMzMyMmRiNGUwYmNiY2U5NmEifQ%3D%3D
- Contact tracing 101: How it works, who could get hired, and why it's so critical in fighting coronavirus now
https://edition.cnn.com/specials/health/wellness
Without them, "We're going to be at risk of resurgence of this disease -- not just in the fall, but going into next year," said Josh Michaud, associate director of global health policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation.
- Covid-19: Deadline for roll out of UK’s tracing app will be missed
https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m2085?utm_source=etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tbmj&utm_content=weekly&utm_term=20200529
The app’s safety and efficiency have been called into question after experts found that personal and health information could be available to cyber-criminals.4
There are also doubts over the usefulness of any app. Iceland’s Rakning C-19 app has been downloaded by 38% of Iceland’s population of 364 000,5 but Gestur Pálmason, a detective inspector with the Icelandic Police Service who is overseeing contact tracing efforts, described the technology as “more or less … I wouldn’t say useless, but it’s the integration of the two [tracing and testing] that gives you results. I would say it has proved useful in a few cases, but it wasn’t a game changer.”
- England to launch coronavirus "test and trace" system as lockdown eases
https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-05-27-20-intl/h_391478db50d0e54037fcb983e89e65f2?bt_ee=kKcWIsSW3%2Bsz%2FjpMntZuyqt%2FykiozSwOqa6Wl5%2FBBGqhg3fRWvEGAm8Bjm7a98QT&bt_ts=1590664081672
“Until an effective treatment or vaccine comes through, how can we get back to doing more of the things that make life worth living without risking safety or putting lives at risk, NHS test and trace is a big part — not the only part — but a big part of the answer to that question," UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said at a daily government briefing.
26 maja 2020
- Aplikacje w walce z pandemią – krok w stronę powszechnej inwigilacji
http://naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news%2C82376%2Caplikacje-w-walce-z-pandemia-krok-w-strone-powszechnej-inwigilacji.html
Jeśli jesteście Państwo świadomymi użytkownikami i przy aktualizacji systemu operacyjnego w telefonie przeczytaliście Państwo regulamin zanim go zaakceptowaliście, to do momentu zaadoptowania lepszych standardów prywatności odradzałbym instalowanie ProteGo. Jeśli jednak akceptujecie regulaminy w innych aplikacjach z automatu, bez czytania, to poziom prywatności w kolejnej aplikacji, którą dołożycie do całego ekosystemu, nie ma większego znaczenia.(PAP)
- Surveillance of COVID-19 at long-term facilities in the EU/EEA
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/surveillance-COVID-19-long-term-care-facilities-EU-EEA
The high COVID-19 morbidity and mortality observed among residents in long-term care facilities (LTCF) in EU/EEA countries poses a major challenge for disease prevention and control in such settings. Furthermore, the lack of special surveillance systems and the differences in testing strategies and capacities among countries may have led to a significant under-ascertainment and under-reporting of cases, contributing to a general underestimation of the disease burden and mortality in LTCFs.
- Building an “Army of Disease Detectives” to Trace COVID-19 Contacts – obscene fragmenty tekstu.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766558?guestAccessKey=01aec2ac-decf-4325-b482-0f7e7bee38c4&utm_source=silverchair&utm_campaign=jama_network&utm_content=covid_weekly_highlights&utm_medium=email
Plus, while people with latent, or asymptomatic, tuberculosis infection can’t spread that disease, those infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) appear to be infectious for several days before the onset of COVID-19 symptoms, making contact tracing “very complicated,” said Barun Mathema, PhD, MPH, an infectious disease epidemiologist with a focus on tuberculosis at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.
Estimates of the number of people needed to conduct COVID-19 contact tracing in the US range from 100 000 to more than 300 000
- Contact Tracing Assessment of COVID-19 Transmission Dynamics in Taiwan and Risk at Different Exposure Periods Before and After Symptom Onset
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2765641
- Apple and Google launch digital contact tracing system
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/apple-google-launch-digital-contact-tracing-system/story?id=70789376&cid=social_twitter_abcn
- An AI Epidemiologist Sent the First Warnings of the Wuhan Virus
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-epidemiologist-wuhan-public-health-warnings/
The BlueDot algorithm scours news reports and airline ticketing data to predict the spread of diseases like those linked to the flu outbreak in China.
BlueDot uses an AI-driven algorithm that scours foreign-language news reports, animal and plant disease networks, and official proclamations to give its clients advance warning to avoid danger zones like Wuhan.
- Researchers Use AI to Detect COVID-19
https://www.itnonline.com/content/researchers-use-ai-detect-covid-19
March 20, 2020 — An artificial intelligence deep learning model can accurately detect COVID-19 and differentiate it from community acquired pneumonia and other lung diseases, according to this multi-center study published in the journal Radiology.
A deep learning model named COVID-19 detection neural network (COVNet), was developed to extract visual features from 4,356 computed tomography (CT) exams from 3,322 patients for the detection of COVID-19. Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) and non-pneumonia CT exams were included to test the robustness of the model.
- The Republic of Korea demonstrated that it is possible to contain the coronavirus without shutting down the economy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJKGPzAsABw&feature=youtu.be
Learn how ICTs and AI play a role in flattening the curve of COVID-19 in the first episode of the AI for Good Webinar Series! #AIforGood #flattenthecurve #COVID19
- Report 23 - State-level tracking of COVID-19 in the United States
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-infectious-disease-analysis/covid-19/report-23-united-states/
Nationally, our estimates show that the percentage of individuals that have been infected is 4.1% [3.7%-4.5%], with wide variation between states. For all states, even for the worst affected states, we estimate that less than a quarter of the population has been infected; in New York, for example, we estimate that 16.6% [12.8%-21.6%] of individuals have been infected to date. Our attack rates for New York are in line with those from recent serological studies [1] broadly supporting our modelling choices.
- Covid-19 contact tracing: a briefing
https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1859?utm_source=etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tbmj&utm_content=weekly&utm_term=20200515
What is contact tracing? By finding out who has had close contact with an infected person, contact tracing can determine who should be tested or asked to self-isolate. If done swiftly, this can contain outbreaks within a small population. Even when a disease has become widespread, contact tracing can still help to curtail transmission. And it can reveal useful data on where and how the disease is spreading. - Covid-19: Government must change course or risk further wave of infections, scientists warn
https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1917?utm_source=etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tbmj&utm_content=weekly&utm_term=20200515
“Exit from the current lockdown must encompass a strategy of searching for the virus wherever it appears”.“We detect ambivalence in the government’s strategic response, with some advisers promoting the idea of simply ‘flattening the curve’ or ensuring the NHS is not overwhelmed. We find this attitude counterproductive and potentially dangerous. Without suppression, we shall inevitably see a more rapid return of local epidemics and face the prospect of further partial or national lockdowns.”
- The point is that you’re trying to detect people early on in the infection, not when they’ve become symptomatic,”
Covid-19: why is the UK government ignoring WHO’s advice?
Case finding, contact tracing and testing, and strict quarantine are the classic tools in public health to control infectious diseases. WHO says they have been painstakingly adopted in China, with a high percentage of identified close contacts completing medical observation. In Singapore, Vietnam, and South Korea meticulous contact tracing combined with clinical observation plus testing were vital in containing the disease.
The mathematical model used by the UK government clearly shows that rigorous contact tracing and case finding is effective:4 the prediction of 250 000 deaths was predicated on what would happen without contact tracing.5
Contact tracing started in the UK but stopped early in the epidemic.6
- Covid-19: Government must change course or risk further wave of infections, scientists warn
https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1917?utm_source=etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tbmj&utm_content=weekly&utm_term=20200515
A substantial proportion of contact tracing comprises telephone interviews with an infected person’s recent contacts—people who have been within 2 metres for 15 minutes or more,3 as suggested by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The centre also recommends that covid-19 contact tracers classify an infected person’s contacts as “high risk” or “low risk,”4 depending on the level of contact they report. It advises that tracers follow up with contacts to see if their infection status changes.
- Undetected COVID-19 Cases Counted by NIH
https://www.genengnews.com/news/undetected-covid-19-cases-counted-by-nih/
“This study will give us a clearer picture of the true magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States by telling us how many people in different communities have been infected without knowing it because they had a very mild, undocumented illness or did not access testing while they were sick,” said Anthony S. Fauci, MD, NIAID director. “These crucial data will help us measure the impact of our public health efforts now and guide our COVID-19 response moving forward.”
1 kwietnia 2020
20 marca 2020
- Instagram may offer clues about the spread of the new coronavirus
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/03/17/instagram-may-offer-clues-about-the-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus
Posts on the social-media platform show the movements of visitors from virus hotspots
The social-media platform may seem an odd tool for studying the coronavirus outbreak. It is older people, after all, who are most vulnerable to the virus; most Instagram users are under 35 years old. But young people can be powerful carriers of the illness. Because they often experience mild symptoms, infected youngsters may not know they are ill. If they are gregarious and eager to travel, as Instagram users often are, they are even more likely to spread the disease
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