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Civil servants in South Korea phone up patients with coronavirus

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Covid-19 contact tracing: a briefing

Chris Baraniuk explains what we know about current global efforts to implement contact tracing and why they are crucial during a pandemic

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A patient is tested for coronavirus

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Interpreting a covid-19 test result

BMJ opinionImproving accuracy of diagnostic tests for covid-19

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Two women wear face masks in a market in Lima, Peru

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Covid-19: Concerns rise as cases expand rapidly in South America

BMJ opinionThe impact of covid-19 in Peru is being felt most by the poor

A critical care unit in Moscow, Russia

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Covid-19: Cases rise in Russia as health workers pay the price for PPE shortage

A woman washing her hands in a public handwashing facility, during nationwide lockdown in India

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Integrating implementation science into covid-19 response and recovery

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Life after ICU: five minutes with . . . Ron Daniels

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Covid-19 pandemic has derailed progress on sustainable development goals, says WHO

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BMA threatens legal action over coroner’s advice over death verification

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Covid-19: Testing testing

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Covid-19: The support UK care homes need to survive

BMJ opinionCovid-19 and care homes—why now is the time to invest in carers’ skills

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Seven days in medicine: 6-12 May 2020

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Graduated compression stockings as adjuvant to pharmaco-thromboprophylaxis in elective surgical patients

BMJ opinionGraduated compression stockings on trial

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Covid-19: International staff are considered vital to NHS’s efforts, survey finds

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Covid-19: “Staggering number” of extra deaths in community is not explained by covid-19

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Covid-19: Return of Monday morning rush hour

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Covid-19: The US state copying a global health template for contact tracing success

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Covid-19: Hancock is urged to make testing strategy clearer

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David Oliver: Covid-19 highlights the need for effective government communications

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Progression to type 2 diabetes in women with a known history of gestational diabetes

BMJ opinionGestational diabetes—missed opportunities in post-partum follow-up

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Covid-19: Pandemic exposes inequalities in global food systems

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GP who was suspended for forging out-of-hours form can resume work to assist in pandemic

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Covid-19: Government must change course or risk further wave of infections, scientists warn

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Supporting GPs to tackle domestic violence: five minutes with . . . Alex Sohal

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Helen Salisbury: GPs still have no access to coronavirus testing

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Rammya Mathew: Innovation during the pandemic

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Waste in covid-19 research

BMJ opinionHow can we avoid research waste during the covid-19 pandemic?

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Covid-19: What is the R number?

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Covid-19 and decarceration

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