Contact tracing: Public health management of persons, including healthcare workers, having had contact with COVID-19 cases in the European Union – second update. April 8, 2020.

Strategies for the surveillance of COVID-19/European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. April 9, 2020.

A National Plan to Enable Comprehensive COVID-19 Case Finding and Contact Tracing in the US. April 10, 2020.

NIH begins study to quantify undetected cases of coronavirus infection. April 11, 2020.

CoVIDView- weekly surveillance summary of US COVID-19 activity –CDC. April 10, 2020.

Analysis of 25,000 Lab-Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Wuhan: Epidemiological Characteristics and NonPharmaceutical Intervention Effects March 6, 2020.
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New symptom tracker launched to fight COVID-19

Preliminary result and conclusions of the COVID-19 case cluster study (Gangelt Municipality). April 9, 2020.

Expert reaction to unpublished preliminary findings looking at the presence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 virus in residents of Gangelt, in Germany. April 10, 2020.

Mathematical modelling of the spread of COVID-19 and solutions and tools for early detection. April 9 2020.

Disease Control, Civil Liberties, and Mass Testing — Calibrating Restrictions during the Covid-19 Pandemic. April 9, 2020.

Massachusetts governor launches contact tracing initiative to mitigate the spread of COVID-19

Partners In Health to Help State Trace Contacts of COVID-19 Patients in Landmark Agreement with MA Gov’s Office

Norway to lift COVID-19 restrictions gradually and cautiously

More EEA nationals may enter Norway

WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19

“The public health response portion of “A Framework for Re-Opening America” is dated April 10. It runs 36 pages. An 11-page executive summary called “Focus on the Future — Going to Work for America” was the subject of discussions last week by FEMA and CDC officials, among others.“It’s a road map for if they want to do it gradually,” said one participant in the planning who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the plan has not been made official. The plan lays out three phases: Preparing the nation to reopen with a national communication campaign and community readiness assessment until May 1. Then, the effort through May 15 would involve ramping up manufacturing of testing kits and personal protective equipment and increasing emergency funding. Then staged reopenings would begin, depending on local conditions. The plan does not give dates for reopenings but specified “not before May 1.””

“Work for America. The Framework for Reopening America provides guidance to state, local, tribal, and territorial governments to adjust restrictive community mitigation measures in a controlled way that supports the safe reopening of communities when appropriate, supporting Americans reentering civic life.” Read more here.

First step of controlled reopening of the Danish society. The first phase of the gradual reopening of the Danish society will now start. (accessed April 13, 2020)

Norway to lift COVID-19 restrictions gradually and cautiously -Press release, government of Norway. April 8, 2020.

More European Economic Area (EEA) nationals may enter Norway. Press release April 9, 2020.

#StayHomeForSingapore from 7 April to 4 May (additional safe distancing measures). April 3, 2020 

New Zealand -Transcript of daily COVID-19 media conference – 9 April-Prime Minister and Director-General of Health press conference: Thursday 9 April 2020 “It is then my intention that on 20 April—2 days before the lockdown is due to finish— Cabinet will make a decision on our next steps. That’s because we need to use the most up-to-date data that we have to make that decision. That means, if we are ready to move to alert level 3—if we are ready to move to alert level 3—business will have two days to implement arrangements. But let me say again: we will not be moving out of level 4 early. If we move too early, we will go backwards.” 

New Zealand’s 4-level COVID-19 Alert System specifies public health and social measures to be taken against COVID-19. 

Social Aspects of the Coronavirus Pandemic: National Academy of Leopoldina Presents Third Ad Hoc Position. “The authors of the statement emphasize that, against the background of the psychological, social, economic, civil society and political problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the rapid containment of the spread of the pandemic must remain a top priority. Although the pandemic will continue to dominate economic and social life for months to come, the task now is to go beyond the acute restrictions of fundamental; rights (such as freedom of movement) and to develop criteria and strategies for the gradual return to normality. According to the opinion, the prerequisite for such a gradual relaxation is that the new infections stabilize at a low level, the health system is not overloaded, infected people are increasingly identified and the protective measures (hygiene measures, mouth-nose protection, distance rules) are observed.”

Criteria for Return to Work for Healthcare Personnel with Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19 (Interim Guidance) Accessed April 13, 2020 

Implementing Safety Practices for Critical Infrastructure Workers Who May Have Had Exposure to a Person with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19

Preliminary result and conclusions of the COVID-19 case cluster study (Gangelt Municipality). April 9, 2020.

Expert reaction to unpublished preliminary findings looking at the presence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 virus in residents of Gangelt, in Germany. April 10, 2020. 

Disease Control, Civil Liberties, and Mass Testing — Calibrating Restrictions during the Covid-19 Pandemic. April 9, 2020. 

Mathematical modelling of the spread of COVID-19 and solutions and tools for early detection. April 9 2020.

Help speed up contact tracing with TraceTogether (Government of Singapore) March 21, 2020 

Official Update of COVID -19 Situation in Singapore (accessed April 13, 2020)

Iceland-Contagion tracing is a community affair (accessed April13, 2020) 

COVID Symptom Tracker (App) (accessed April 13, 2020)

The impact of isolation in the UK (accessed April 13, 2020) 

It was the saltshaker: How Germany meticulously traced its coronavirus outbreak. April 12, 2020

Ministry of Health – Austria (the data are updated hourly – German language only) 

Science Academy Leopoldina: Schools to reopen as soon as possible . Germany, April 13, 2020.

CoVIDView- weekly surveillance summary of US COVID-19 activity –CDC. April 10, 2020. 

“A day of European solidarity and strength” The Eurogroup has agreed on a protection programme worth 500 billion euros – for companies, employees and states. Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz spoke of “three strong responses” to the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. April 9, 2020.

A Colorado Ski Community Planned To Test Everyone For COVID-19. Here’s What Happened.

Ending coronavirus lockdowns will be a dangerous process of trial and error By Kai Kupferschmidt

The Promise and Peril of Antibody Testing for COVID-19