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Early countermeasures to COVID-19 at long-term care facilities in Gwangju Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea [PDF]
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives, 2023 Objectives The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has continued since its first detection in the Republic of Korea on January 20, 2020. This study describes the early countermeasures used to minimize the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks during cohort
Hye-Jin Kim +9 more
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Countries with delayed COVID-19 introduction – characteristics, drivers, gaps, and opportunities
Globalization and Health, 2021 Background Three months after the first reported cases, COVID-19 had spread to nearly 90% of World Health Organization (WHO) member states and only 24 countries had not reported cases as of 30 March 2020. This analysis aimed to 1) assess characteristics,
Zheng Li +11 more
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Nature Communications, 2022 Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants raise concerns on immune evasion. Here, the authors evaluate the neutralization efficiency of COVID-19 mRNA vaccinee sera against representative viruses of 13 WHO-designated SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern/interest.
Li Wang +56 more
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Self-reported adverse events after 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Korea [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2022 OBJECTIVES In Korea, a national coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program was implemented, including 4 vaccines against COVID-19. A text messaging-based survey, in addition to a passive adverse event reporting system, was launched to ...
Yunhyung Kwon +7 more
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BMC Medicine, 2021 Background Balancing the control of SARS-CoV-2 transmission with the resumption of travel is a global priority. Current recommendations include mitigation measures before, during, and after travel.
Michael A. Johansson +7 more
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BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Optimized symptom-based COVID-19 case definitions that guide public health surveillance and individual patient management in the community may assist pandemic control. Methods We assessed diagnostic performance of existing cases definitions (e.
Hannah E. Reses +13 more
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BMC Public Health, 2022 Background There is a continuing risk for COVID-19 transmission in school settings while transmission is ongoing in the community, particularly among unvaccinated populations. To ensure that schools continue to operate safely and to inform implementation
Marisa Hast +14 more
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Safety monitoring of COVID-19 vaccines: February 26, 2021, To June 4, 2022, Republic of Korea [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics, 2023 As of June 2022, 5 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine brands have been used in Korea’s national immunization program. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency has enhanced vaccine safety monitoring through a passive web-based reporting ...
Yeon-Kyeng Lee +10 more
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Model-based estimation of transmissibility and reinfection of SARS-CoV-2 P.1 variant
Communications Medicine, 2021 Coutinho et al. use genomic and epidemiological data from Manaus, Brazil, to estimate the transmissibility and potential for reinfection with the SARS-CoV-2 variant-of-concern P.1 (gamma).
Renato Mendes Coutinho +14 more
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Adverse events of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Korean children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 years [PDF]
Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives, 2022 Objectives This study aimed to identify potential safety signals and adverse events following the primary Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination series among children and adolescents aged 5 to 17 years in the Republic of Korea ...
Seontae Kim +5 more
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