A literature review and meta-analysis of the effects of lockdowns on covid-19 mortality-II

J Herby, L Jonung, S Hanke - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to determine the effect of
lockdowns on COVID-19 mortality based on available empirical evidence. Lockdowns are …

Emerging evidence on Omicron (B. 1.1. 529) SARS‐CoV‐2 variant

V Sharma, H Rai, DNS Gautam… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
COVID's Omicron variant has sparked a slew of concerns across the globe. This review aims
to provide a brief overview of what we know about the Omicron variant right now. The new …

Policy stringency and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of data from 15 countries

LB Aknin, B Andretti, R Goldszmidt… - The Lancet Public …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background To date, public health policies implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic
have been evaluated on the basis of their ability to reduce transmission and minimise …

Evaluation of science advice during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden

N Brusselaers, D Steadson, K Bjorklund… - Humanities and Social …, 2022 - nature.com
Sweden was well equipped to prevent the pandemic of COVID-19 from becoming serious.
Over 280 years of collaboration between political bodies, authorities, and the scientific …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence of probable mental health disorders among hospital healthcare workers during COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BEC Lee, M Ling, L Boyd, C Olsson, J Sheen - Journal of affective …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives The mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to be
documented worldwide with systematic reviews playing a pivotal role. Here we present …

[HTML][HTML] Youth physical activity and the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review

B Do, C Kirkland, GM Besenyi, C Smock… - Preventive medicine …, 2022 - Elsevier
The purpose of the systematic review was to identify, evaluate, and synthesize evidence
from available published literature examining the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of worldwide individual non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 transmission across waves and space

Y Ge, WB Zhang, H Liu, CW Ruktanonchai… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Governments worldwide have rapidly deployed non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to
mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the effect of these individual NPI measures …

Co-infections, secondary infections, and antimicrobial use in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the first five waves of the pandemic in Pakistan; findings and …

K Ramzan, S Shafiq, I Raees, ZU Mustafa, M Salman… - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: COVID-19 patients are typically prescribed antibiotics empirically despite
concerns. There is a need to evaluate antibiotic use among hospitalized COVID-19 patients …

A multicenter, double-blind, randomized, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of camostat mesilate in patients with COVID-19 …

T Kinoshita, M Shinoda, Y Nishizaki, K Shiraki, Y Hirai… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background In vitro drug screening studies have indicated that camostat mesilate (FOY-305)
may prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection into human airway epithelial cells. This study was …

Identification of COVID-19 waves: considerations for research and policy

A Ayala, P Villalobos Dintrans, F Elorrieta… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The identification of COVID-19 waves is a matter of the utmost importance, both for research
and decision making. This study uses COVID-19 information from the 52 municipalities of …