2020-04-10 DAILY UNM GLOBAL HEALTH COVID-19 BRIEFING

Abstract

Executive Summary: Extra NM HSD SNAP benefits. NM cases \u3e1000. Meds supply chain threatened. Mass graves in NY. Surgeon General screening app. Presidential briefing. Italian healthcare worker deaths. Taiwan tiered care model. Communicating risks to public. French public demand hydroxychloroquine. Vaccination pause dangers. Retesting needed after discharge. CDC report geography and incidence. UW clinical informatics response. UW preparedness guidelines. Wuhan outbreak control. CDC asymptomatic exposed worker guidelines. Mask innovation. Unemployment spikes. Workforce gaps. Workspace modifications reduce transmission. Guidelines and recommendations: ER physician, surgery, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, chest imaging, geriatrics, critically ill children, postpyloric tube placement, genitourinary malignancies, obstetrics, and home work health. Remdesivir clinically promising. Hydroxychloroquine safe but higher mortality with azithromycin. Lockdown health risks. Post-ICU syndrome. Tetracyline therapy potential. ACE2 review. Repurposing candidates. Patient self-triage tool. Video of aerosol spread and lingering. Modeling challenges. 34 new clinical trials registered today