SciELO in Perspective | Assessing the severity of Covid-19 [Originally published in Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde, vol. 29 no. 2]

Assessing the severity of Covid-19 [Originally published in Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde, vol. 29 no. 2]

04/03/20

By Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde

The fourth update of the Pandemic Influenza Plan prepared by the US Department of Health and Human Services, from 2017, included measures for different government and civil society areas. In addition, in order for the response to be proportional to the severity of the situation, it uses the Pandemic Severity Assessment Framework as a risk assessment tool, proposing two assessment dimensions: transmissibility and clinical severity. … Read More →

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