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  1. Covid-19 by country of birth: Persons tested, confirmed infected and associated hospitalizations and deaths

    Covid-19 by country of birth: Persons tested, confirmed infected and associated hospitalizations and deaths

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    In this report we present statistics that provide an overview on Covid-19 among foreign-born persons living in Norway.
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  2. Should individuals in the community without respiratory symptoms wear facemasks to reduce the spread of Covid-19? – Update 1

    Should individuals in the community without respiratory symptoms wear facemasks to reduce the spread of Covid-19? – Update 1

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    We did a rapid review of evidence to inform a recommendation regarding people without respiratory symptoms wearing facemasks in the community to reduce the spread of Covid-19.
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  3. COVID-19 and risk factors for hospital admission, severe disease and death 3rd update

    COVID-19 and risk factors for hospital admission, severe disease and death 3rd update

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    This rapid review is an update of a version published on May 12th, 2020. In this review, only peer-reviewed population-based studies with more than 5000 laboratory test positive cases are included.
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  4. Social and economic vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Social and economic vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic

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    We have tried to identify any reported associations between increased severity of COVID-19 disease, and infection rates in populations postulated to be socially or economic vulnerable.
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  5. Should individuals in the community without respiratory symptoms wear facemasks to reduce the spread of COVID-19?

    Should individuals in the community without respiratory symptoms wear facemasks to reduce the spread of COVID-19?

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    This is a rapid review of the knowledge base for using face mask, by people in the community to reduce the spread of covid-19.
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  6. Should healthcare personnel in nursing homes without respiratory symptoms wear facemasks for primary prevention of COVID-19?

    Should healthcare personnel in nursing homes without respiratory symptoms wear facemasks for primary prevention of COVID-19?

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    This rapid review shows that there is no direct evidence of the effects of healthcare personnel in nursing homes wearing facemasks for primary prevention of COVID-19.
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  7. COVID-19 and risk factors for severe disease – a rapid review, 2nd update

    COVID-19 and risk factors for severe disease – a rapid review, 2nd update

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    This is an update of a version published 14th of April, 2020. We excluded studies that only reported results from univariate analyses, and studies with small small sample sizes (<400 participants).
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  8. Saliva sample for testing SARS-CoV-2 infection

    Saliva sample for testing SARS-CoV-2 infection

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    The aim of this rapid report is to investigate if there are studies supporting the use of salivary samples for detection of SARS-CoV-2.
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  9. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via contact and droplets, 1st update

    Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via contact and droplets, 1st update

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    The findings in this memo are based on rapid PubMed searches. One researcher went through all search records, selected and summarised the findings.
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  10. Immunity after SARS-CoV-2 infection, 1st update

    Immunity after SARS-CoV-2 infection, 1st update

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    This memo is an update of an earlier version, and the findings are based on rapid searches in PubMed, EMBASE, and supplementary searches for pre-prints.
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  11. Case fatality rate and infection fatality rate for serious COVID-19, 1st update

    Case fatality rate and infection fatality rate for serious COVID-19, 1st update

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    The findings here are based on rapid searches in PubMed, LitCovid and MedRxiv, as well as manual searches on websites. Two researchers shared tasks related to study selection and synthesis of results.
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  12. The role of children in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), 1st update

    The role of children in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), 1st update

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    The findings in this memo are based on rapid searches. One researcher has screened all records from the search, selected and summarised the study findings.
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  13. Electronic follow-up of children and youth in childcare institutions

    Electronic follow-up of children and youth in childcare institutions

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    This is a rapid review to answer a commission from the Norwegian Directorate for children, youth and family affairs (Bufdir), received March 30, 2020.
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  14. Aerosol generating procedures in health care, and COVID-19

    Aerosol generating procedures in health care, and COVID-19

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    The findings in this memo are based on rapid searches in the PubMed and Embase databases. One researcher went through all search records, selected and summarised the findings.
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  15. SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV og SARS-CoV and risk of airborne transmission

    SARS-CoV-2, MERS-CoV og SARS-CoV and risk of airborne transmission

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    The findings in this memo are based on rapid searches in the PubMed database. One researcher went through all search records, selected and summarised the the findings.
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