Reports and systematic reviews
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Weekly reports for coronavirus and COVID-19
Here you will find the weekly report about coronavirus and COVID-19-epidemic in Norway. The latest summary is translated to English, earlier versions of the reports can be found below.
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Facemasks to prevent transmission of respiratory illness, such as COVID-19
We searched for systematic reviews that analyse and summarise the effectiveness of facemasks on respiratory virus transmission, such as COVID-19. We found one systematic review of high quality.
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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in the Norwegian population measured in residual sera collected in January 2021
This is the third study measuring antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in residual serum samples collected systematically from various geographical regions in Norway and covering all age groups.
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Survey among MSIS users on their experience with reporting of notifiable diseases during the Covid-19 epidemic
In this project we surveyed MSIS users to map perceived barriers and facilitators of notifiable diseases reporting into MSIS before and during the COVID-19 epidemic.
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COVID-19: Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
This rapid review is a first look at possible long-term effects of COVID-19 (>28 days), including long COVID.
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Advice on priority groups for coronavirus vaccination in Norway (Ethics report)
The expert group in ethics and priority setting presents their preliminary recommendations for coronavirus vaccine prioritisation in Norway.
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The effects of covid-19 on children and youth’s wellbeing
Our research question was: what are the effects of the covid-19 pandemic on the wellbeing of children and youth?
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Effectiveness of targeted screening strategies in limiting COVID-19 transmission
The aim of this rapid overview was to identify studies comparing different test strategies aiming to assess the effectiveness of different test/screening strategies on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
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Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in the Norwegian population measured in residual sera collected in late summer 2020
This is the second study measuring antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in serum samples collected systematically from various geographical regions in Norway and covering all age groups.
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Saliva sample for testing SARS-CoV-2 infection, 1st update on diagnostic accuracy
The aim was to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of reverse transcription real time polymerase chain reaction for detection of SARS-CoV-2 in saliva specimens compared to upper airway samples.
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Covid-19 by country of birth: Persons tested, confirmed infected and associated hospitalizations and deaths
In this report we present statistics that provide an overview on Covid-19 among foreign-born persons living in Norway.
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Should individuals in the community without respiratory symptoms wear facemasks to reduce the spread of Covid-19? – Update 1
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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COVID-19 and risk factors for hospital admission, severe disease and death 3rd update
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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Urbanization and preparedness for outbreaks with high-impact respiratory pathogens
Epidemics in urban environments present public health challenges that affect local, national and global health security as much as having a sizeable impact on society and the economy.
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Social and economic vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic
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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Should individuals in the community without respiratory symptoms wear facemasks to reduce the spread of COVID-19?
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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Should healthcare personnel in nursing homes without respiratory symptoms wear facemasks for primary prevention of COVID-19?
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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COVID-19 and risk factors for severe disease – a rapid review, 2nd update
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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Saliva sample for testing SARS-CoV-2 infection
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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Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via contact and droplets, 1st update
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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