Document Type
Brief
Publication Date
6-9-2020
Abstract
Executive Summary:
NM Highlights: Governor’s interview. NM case count. Longer furlough for Santa Fe city employees. ABQ playgrounds reopening. Mask madness tournament. COVID-19 spending receipts. Zagster closes operations in ABQ. US Highlights: Shutdowns prevented deaths. Foster care delays. International Highlights: Scientist strike for anti-racism. New Zealand lifts lockdowns. Economics, Workforce, Supply Chain, PPE: WHO updates mask guidance. Software to manage PPE distribution. Centrifugation testing of masks. Sustain and preserve early career investigators. Epidemiology Highlights: WHO walks back statement on asymptomatic spread. Non-pharmaceutical interventions successful. Increased risk to intellectually and developmentally disabled. Epidemiologist risk tolerance surveyed. Healthcare Policy Recommendations: Public health doctors work in medically underserved areas instead of mandatory military service in Korea. Practice Guidelines: Indian guidelines on endoscopy. European recommendations on management of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. Meta-analysis of cardiovascular complications of COVID-19. Early CPAP and proning shows improved outcomes. Testing: Antibody testing risks and benefits. Drugs, Vaccines, Therapies, Clinical Trials: Efficacy and safety of Lianhuaqingwen. Niclosamide effective in animal tests. Gilead’s remdesivir early treatment in macaques. 62 new COVID-19 trials. Other Science: Body temperatures predict mortality. Prone positioning outcomes.
Recommended Citation
Lambert, Christophe G.; Shawn Stoicu; Ingrid Hendrix; Lori D. Sloane; Mari Anixter; Anastasiya Nestsiarovich; Praveen Kumar; Nicolas Lauve; Karen Armitage; Jenny Situ; Morgan Edwards-Fligner; Clinton Onyango; Perez Olewe; Cristian Bologa; Kristine Tollestrup; and Douglas J. Perkins. "2020-06-8/9 DAILY UNM GLOBAL HEALTH COVID-19 BRIEFING." (2020). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hsc_covid19_briefings/49
Comments
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