COVID-19 in Southeast Asia: current status and perspectives

Predictors of poor outcome in tocilizumab treated patients with Sars-CoV-2 related severe respiratory failure: A multicentre real world study

“…Severe respiratory failure represents the most feared manifestation of SARS-CoV2 infection with potential devastating consequences, independently from the different pandemic waves and virus variants. Despite significant progress in the prevention of SARs-CoV2 infection by using different strategy such as closure of activities and borders, movement restriction, social distancing and vaccination, appropriate management of SARs-CoV2 related severe respiratory failure remains a cumbersome problem in clinical practice and for the healthcare systems [1] , [2] . Cytokine storm represents the cornerstone of respiratory failure associated with pulmonary damage in SARS-CoV-2 infection [3] .…”

Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice about biomedical waste management among healthcare staff of Fasa educational hospitals in COVID-19 pandemic

“…In addition to proper management of biomedical waste, control measures such as vaccination with approved and available vaccines, as well as division of the cities and countries into red and green zones, diagnostic tests such as real-time PCR, trained workers, and logistics are helpful for improving conditions [ 39 , 40 ].…”

Early Warning Measurement of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern in Wastewaters by Mass Spectrometry

“…Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in a catastrophic pandemic, leading to the sustained rise in infections and deaths in the past two years. 1 The new variant of concern (VOC) Omicron caused an unprecedented number of new infections to the point of overwhelming testing and case count tallies. 2 Considering the global spread of COVID-19, other waves of new SARS-CoV-2 VOC infections are potentially expected.…”