Coronavirus Knowledge Hub page up on TEPHINET Website!

Published on February 21, 2020

Members of the FETP Learning Advisory Council (FLAC) have curated a list of reliable sources for learning on COVID-19 and related topics, relevant during an active infectious disease outbreak. TEPHINET will update this list as new content becomes available. Go to: https://www.tephinet.org/tephinet-learning-center/coronavirus-knowledge-hub

Other news

More than 20 African countries can now test for COVID-19

February 21, 2020
Twenty-four countries in the African region have confirmed to the World Health Organization (WHO) that they can test for potential COVID-19 cases. Two weeks ago only two referral laboratories – one in South Africa and another in Senegal – were capable of doing this. The scaling up of testing capacity across the African continent represents a significant milestone in COVID-19 preparedness efforts.

Interim estimates of 2019/20 vaccine effectiveness during early-season co-circulation of influenza A and B viruses, Canada, February 2020

February 24, 2020
The 2019/20 vaccine effectiveness reported by the Canadian Sentinel Practioner Surveillance Network suggests that, among non-elderly individuals, about six of 10 cases of medically-attended febrile respiratory illness due to influenza might have been prevented by vaccination. Such substantial vaccine protection despite antigenic mismatch, notably to circulating influenza A(H3N2) and B/Victoria vir