Tag Archives: SARSCoV2

Update on Rapid Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Transmission at 2023 EIS Conference

On Thursday, April 27, several in-person attendees at the annual EIS conference notified conference organizers that they had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Dr. Robert R. Redfield Statement on SARS-CoV-2 infections

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Dr. Robert R. Redfield Statement on "Preventing and Mitigating SARS-CoV-2 Transmission – Four Overnight Camps, Maine, June-August 2020"

Today’s MMWR, which highlights the thoughtful and prudent public health practices used during overnight summer camps in Maine, reinforces how powerful everyday preventive actions are in reducing and keeping COVID-19 transmission low. Despite more than 1,000 campers and staff from nearly every state and 7 countries, only three people tested positive for COVID-19 during the … Continue reading Dr. Robert R. Redfield Statement on "Preventing and Mitigating SARS-CoV-2 Transmission – Four Overnight Camps, Maine, June-August 2020"

CDC launches national viral genomics consortium to better map SARS-CoV-2 transmission

CDC has kicked off the SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing for Public Health Emergency Response, Epidemiology and Surveillance (SPHERES) consortium, which will greatly expand the use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) of the COVID-19 virus.