Category: Prevention

+++ Prevention +++

29 November Vogel G, Couzin-Frankel J. Grade: incomplete. Science 27 November 2020: Vol. 370, Issue 6520, pp. 1023-1027. Full-text: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.370.6520.1023 Schools around the world are again the site of a large, and largely uncontrolled,...

Household transmission

| 31 October | Important study (because prospective). After enrollment, 101 index patients and 191 household members were trained remotely by study staff members to complete symptom diaries and obtain self-collected specimens, nasal swabs...

++ Pandemic Autumn ++

France lockdown | 28 October | The dramatic second COVID-19 wave in France has lead Emmanuel Macron to announce a new lockdown in the country. The November lockdown which is due to last at...

Paris under Curfew

As we disclosed yesterday, the French President Emmanuel Macron has announced this evening a 9 p.m. – 6 a.m. curfew of at least four weeks (see the comment on the paper by Andronico et...

Curfews against COVID

Could curfews be a less costly alternative, both economically and socially, to complete lockdowns? In French Guiana, an overseas départment, a combination of curfews and targeted lockdowns in June and July 2020 was sufficient...