The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has affected communities, populations, and countries
throughout the world. As the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic developed, the extent to which the …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a virus that belongs to
the coronavirus family and is the cause of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). As of May …

Objective To directly measure the fatal impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in an
urban African population. Design Prospective systematic postmortem surveillance study …

Objective The COVID-19 pandemic is a biosecurity threat, and many resource-rich countries
are stockpiling and/or making plans to secure supplies of vaccine, therapeutics, and …

Introduction Asymptomatic infection of SARS-CoV-2 may lead to silent community
transmission and compromise the COVID-19 pandemic control measures. We aimed to …

The COVID-19 pandemic showed major impacts, on societies worldwide, challenging
healthcare systems, economies, and daily life of people. Geoepidemiology, an emerging …

Abstract Background Immigrants in Western countries have been particularly affected by the
COVID-19 crisis. Objective We analysed excess mortality rates among the foreign-born …

The COVID-19 pandemic has been characterised by sequential variant-specific waves
shaped by viral, individual human and population factors. SARS-CoV-2 variants are defined …

Objectives To determine the prevalence of COVID-19 postmortem setting in Lusaka, Zambia.
Design A systematic, postmortem prevalence study. Setting A busy, inner-city morgue in …

Healthcare workers (HCWs) were the first population group offered coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in South Africa because they were considered to be at higher …