Asymptomatic coronavirus infection: MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

Al‐Tawfiq, Jaffar A.

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101608

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“…Limited published accounts are available on operational changes in response to COVID-19, especially in psychiatry. COVID-19 has an asymptomatic period, and thus some individuals may not have COVID-19 symptoms before being admitted (10). Designated isolation rooms may be helpful in grouping patients with COVID-19 symptoms, which may require closing one or more hospital beds if two or more patients are roomed together.…”

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confidence: 99%

Challenges and Priorities in Responding to COVID-19 in Inpatient Psychiatry

2020

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This Open Forum focuses on specific challenges, contingency planning considerations, and downstream impacts of COVID-19 on inpatient psychiatric care. COVID-19 is a novel coronavirus that has been declared a pandemic. Challenges for inpatient psychiatry include risky close contact among staff and patients, space constraints, and structural barriers in care delivery. Nuanced considerations of five contingency planning strategies in response to COVID-19 are described, including COVID-19-specific precautions, visitor restrictions, physician workforce considerations, operational adjustments, and group therapy changes. Organized leadership and clear communication are identified as early priorities in pandemic response to minimize misinformation and address immediate challenges.

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Section: Restricting Visitors and Minimizing Nonessential Contactsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges and Priorities in Responding to COVID-19 in Inpatient Psychiatry

2020

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“…This allows infected persons without symptoms to move freely in society infecting others and therefore the opportunity for detection is very low. (18)(19)(20)(21) There is evidence that the impact of large gatherings on disease transmission is also reaching the awareness of other governments. Switzerland has announced a ban on events expected to draw gatherings of over 1000 people.…”

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The cancellation of mass gatherings (MGs)? Decision making in the time of COVID-19

Ahmed

Memish

2020

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

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Our recommendation, as experts who have monitored health hazards at the Hajj for over 15 years, especially if the situation with COVID-19 continues to escalate globally is that Hajj 2020 will be at risk of being suspended and a means for Muslims to fulfill their rights in the future either personally or even by proxy need to be announced. The same holds true for the Summer 2020 Olympics in Japan and for many other MGs and large gatherings. Decisions in the time of COVID-19 will be closely followed and will be a blueprint for other mass gatherings.

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“…Early recognition of COVID-19 is critical to isolate confirmed cases and prevent further transmission. In the United States, the CDC has decided to mobilise state and local departments in order to obtain collections of clinical and epidemiologic data that describe the characteristics of persons tested for COVID-19 and to decrease the risk of global dissemination [12].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Because COVID-19 infection symptoms range from unspecific mild respiratory symptoms to acute respiratory distress [3] and because these symptoms are very similar to those of many seasonal viruses [11][12][13], we implemented an outpatient rapid diagnosis for mildly affected patients which operated ten hours a day, seven days a week. This involved testing a broad spectrum of clinical presentations in potentially exposed persons [14].…”

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confidence: 99%