To support our ADN-Bangladesh partners (e.g. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University – among others), we launched this Repository of COVID-19 Information in the first phase of COVID-19. This page provides web links to global statistics, reports, information portals, research articles and guidelines on COVID-19 only from reliable sources (e.g. UNDRR, WHO, UNFPA and John Hopkins University). The Page is updated with new sources, weekly.
To see the ADN Bulletin on Coronavirus, please click here.
Update from ADN’s Members
- Caribbean COVID-19 Update from Mr Krishna Clarke
- COVID-19 Overview in Africa from Dr Azukaego Nnaji
- Belize COVID-19 Update from Mr Daniel Mendez
- Reflections on Resilience: COVID-19: An Opportunity to learn effective Disaster Governance from Dr Nibedita S. Ray-Bennett
- Reflections on Resilience: “How Do You Lock Down a Farm Full of Cumin Seeds?” from Mr Mihir Bhatt
- Odisha, India COVID-19 Update from Dr. Jalandhar Pradhan, Mr. Niranjan Bariyar and Dr. Madhulika Sahoo
Guidelines and Information
- Applying Lessons from COVID-19 Prevention and Risk World– Statement by the Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2020
- Critical preparedness, readiness and response actions for COVID-19– World Health Organization, 2020
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pandemic– World Health Organization, 2020
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) resource page – Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2020
- COVID-19 could reverse decades of progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths, agencies warn– UNICEF, 2020
- COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery: Apply IRP Disaster Recovery Tools and Guidelines to Pandemic Recovery– International Recovery Platform, 2020
- COVID-19 Recovery Policy Brief– International Recovery Platform, 2020
- Covid-19: remote consultations (Visual summary) – The BMJ, 2020
- (Covid 19) advice for patients in 21 languages– Doctors of the World, 2020
- FDA Approves First Treatment for COVID-19 – U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 2020
- Framework for Equitable Allocation of COVID-19 Vaccine – The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2020
- Govt Covid-19 app just the start in New Zealand – Daalder, 2020
- Interim Clinical Guidance for Management of Patients with Confirmed Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), September Update – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020
- Local Leadership for Disaster Resilience: Profiles from Asia and the Pacific – Manu Gupta and Vijayalakshmi Viswanathan, UNDRR, 2020
- OPINION: From COVID-10 crisis comes opportunity to rethink risk– Mami Mizutori and Heide Hackmann, UNDRR, 2020
- Responding to community spread of COVID-19– World Health Organization
- Scientific Brief: SARS-CoV-2 and Potential Airborne Transmission – Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020
- Statement on the fifth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic – World Health Organization (WHO), 2020
- Women, girls, health workers must not be overlooked in global COVID-19 response – UNFPA, 2020
Global Statistics
- Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases– Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University, 2020
- COVID-19: Emerging gender data and why it matters– UN Women, 2020
- International Migration Outlook 2020 – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2020
- MAPPING COVID-19 VACCINES PRE-PURCHASES ACROSS THE GLOBE – Duke Global Health Innovation Center, 2020
- Percent of Delivered First Vaccine Doses Administered by U.S. States and Territories – US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2021
- WHO extends COVID-19 emergency as global total tops 45 million – Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), 2020
- Worldometer estimated current numbers based on statistics and projections from official organizations, including the UN Population Division, World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), and World Bank.
Journal Articles and Research
- 70 per cent of COVID cases located in just 10 countries, WHO reports – UN News, 2020
- Adaptive leadership in the coronavirus response: bridging science, policy and practice. Overseas Development Institute (ODI). – Ramalingham, Wild and Ferrari, 2020
- Affirming Radical Equality in the Context of COVID-19: Human Rights of Older People and People with Disabilities. Journal of Human Rights Practice. – Akerkar, 2020
- Age-specific mortality and immunity patterns of SARS-CoV-2 – Nature, 2020
- A global survey of potential acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine. Nature Medicine. – Lazarus, Ratzan, Palayew, Gostin, Larson, Rabin, Kimball and El-Mohandes, 2020
- An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real time. The Lancet. – Dong, Du and Gardner, 2020
- Asia emerges as world’s surveillance hotspot: Human Rights Outlook 2020 – Verisk Maplecroft, 2020
- Birth and Infant Outcomes Following Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnancy — SET-NET, 16 Jurisdictions, March 29–October 14, 2020 – Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), 2020
- Building resilience against biological hazards and pandemics: COVID-19 and its implications for the Sendai Framework. Progress in Disaster Science. – Djalante, Shawb and DeWit, 2020
- Case Series of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection — United Kingdom and United States, March–August 2020 – Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020
- Cellular immunity to SARS-CoV-2 found at six months in non-hospitalised individuals – UK Coronavirus Immunology Consortium, 2020
- Could COVID delirium bring on dementia? – Nature News Feature, 2020
- Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) and its natural environmental impacts – International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (Tehran), 2020
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes First Test that Detects Neutralizing Antibodies from Recent or Prior SARS-CoV-2 Infection – U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 2020
- COVID-19 Modeling with IndiaSIM – CDEEP and John Hopkins University, 2020
- COVID-19 Mortality Risk in Down Syndrome: Results From a Cohort Study Of 8 Million Adults. Annals of Internal Medicine. – Clift, Coupland and Keogh, 2020
- COVID-19 Project – Evidence Aid, 2021
- COVID research updates: Uninfected children have antibodies to the coronavirus – Nature, 2020
- Covid Symptom Tracking App– King’s College London, Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals, ZOE and TwinsUK, 2020
- COVID vaccination logistics: five steps to take now – Nature, 2020
- Distinct antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 in children and adults across the COVID-19 clinical spectrum – Nature Immunology, 2020
- **NEW** Ethnic differences in SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy in United Kingdom healthcare workers: Results from the UK-REACH prospective nationwide cohort study -MedRxiv, The preprint server for health science, 2021
- Equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution will lead to the biggest reduction in deaths – Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunizations (GAVI), 2020
- Fragmented health systems in COVID-19: rectifying the misalignment between global health security and universal health coverage – The Lancet, 2020
- Garment workers on front line of Sri Lanka coronavirus outbreak – Thomas Reuters Foundation, 2020
- How much ‘normal’ risk does Covid represent? Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication. – Spiegelhalter, 2020
- Involving Pregnant Individuals in Clinical Research on COVID-19 Vaccines -JAMA, 2021
- Increased Intensity Of PCR Testing Reduced COVID-19 Transmission Within Countries During The First Pandemic Wave –
Health Affairs, 2020 - Issue brief, report complex road to recovery: COVID-19, Cyclone Amphan, monsoon flooding collide in Bangladesh and India – United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)—Reliefweb, 2020
- Laying in Wait: Responding to the Pandemic Amidst Impending Disasters. Flood Resilience Portal. – Vaughan and Venkateswaren, 2020
- Long COVID guidelines need to reflect lived experience –
The Lancet, 2020
- Long-term Health Consequences of COVID-19 – JAMA Journal- American Medical Association, 2020
- **NEW** Major stones unturned’: COVID origin search must continue after WHO report, say scientists -Nature News, 2021
- Medical Oxygen: Key to Fighting COVID-19—and the Next Respiratory Pandemic – John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Global Health Now, 2020
- Nature’s second pandemic progress report. – Nature, 2020
- **NEW** New insights into crisis communication from an “inside” emic perspective during COVID-19 -Public Relations Inquiry, April 2021
- New Africa alliance aims to tackle deadly COVID ‘infodemic’ –
UN News, 2020 - New U.N. Tracker Looks At How Countries’ COVID-19 Responses Are Helping Women – National Public Radio (NPR), 2020
- Persistence of viral RNA, pneumocyte syncytia and thrombosis are hallmarks of advanced COVID-19 pathology – EBioMedicine Journal, The Lancet, 2020
- Pfizer vaccine trial success signals breakthrough in pandemic battle – Reuters, 2020
- Prepandemic coronavirus antibodies may react to COVID-19 – University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), 2020
- Rapid Risk Assessment: Increased transmission of COVID-19 in the EU/EEA and the UK – thirteenth update. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2020
- Regional and global contributions of air pollution to risk of death from COVID-19 – Cardiovascular Research, 2020
- Repurposed Antiviral Drugs for Covid-19 — Interim WHO Solidarity Trial Results – The New England Journal of Medicine, 2020
- Review finds almost 20% of COVID-19 patients only show gastrointestinal symptoms – American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2020
- **NEW** Social Cohesion and Community Resilience During COVID-19 and Pandemics: A Rapid Scoping Review to Inform the United Nations Research Roadmap for COVID-19 Recovery -International Journal of Health Services, April 2021
- SARS-CoV-2 transmission among children and staff in daycare centres during a nationwide lockdown in France; a cross-sectional, multicentre, seroprevalence study -The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 2021
- Safety and efficacy of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2: an interim analysis of four randomised controlled trials in Brazil, South Africa, and the UK – The Lancet, 2020
- SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and transmission risk factors among high-risk close contacts: a retrospective cohort study – The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2020
- SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV viral load dynamics, duration of viral shedding, and infectiousness: a systematic review and meta-analysis – The Lancet Microbe, 2020
- Serologic testing of U.S. blood donations to identify SARS-CoV-2-reactive antibodies: December 2019-January 2020– Oxford Academic, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020
- Steroids boost survival of preterm babies in low-resource settings, new study finds. World Health Organization, 2020
- Strengthening public health at the community-level in China – The Lancet. – Li and Gao, 2020
- **NEW**The first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: a cross-sectional study– The Lancet online first articles March 24, 2021
- The engines of SARS-CoV-2 spread. Science. – Lee, Wada, Grabowski, Gurley and Lessler, 2020
- UK- Australia COVID-19 Deaths, Deprivation Deaths in Developing Countries, Indigenous Avoidable Deaths. Global Research.- Polya, 2020
- Understanding Viral Shedding of SARS-CoV-2: Review of Current Literature. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. – Fontana, Villamagna, Sikka and McGregor, 2020
- What defines an efficacious COVID-19 vaccine? A review of the challenges assessing the clinical efficacy of vaccines against SARS-COV-2 – The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2020
- “Whoever Finds the Vaccine Must Share It”: Strengthening Human Rights and Transparency Around Covid-19 Vaccines – Human Rights Watch, 2020
- Will SARS-CoV-2 become endemic?. Science. – Shaman and Galanti, 2020
- World Health Assembly charts course for COVID-19 response and global health priorities – World Health Organization (WHO), 2020
Reports
- Asia and Pacific Region COVID-19 Situation Report No. 8 (Reporting Period: 1 – 30 September 2020) – United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)—Reliefweb, 2020
- Coronavirus and the economic impacts on the UK: 30 July 2020 – Office for National Statistics, 2020
- Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain: 31 July 2020 – Office for National Statistics, 2020
- COVID-19: A Gender Lens– UNFPA, 2020
- Global Humanitarian Overview 2021 – United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 2020
- UNDRR Initial COVID-19 Engagement Strategy– UNDRR, 2020
- Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) Action Plan Guidance: COVID-19 Preparedness and Response– WHO, IFRC and UNICEF, 2020
- The impact of COVID-19 on mental, neurological and substance use services – World Health Organization, 2020
- UNDRR: Prevention saves lives! COVID-19 Key Messages and Communication Campaign– UNDRR, 2020
In the News
- BMJ lashes out at UK ‘state corruption’ and ‘suppression of science’– The London Economic, 2020
Information Specific to India
- COVID-19 INDIA– Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, 2020
- Covid-19 in India: the dangers of false optimism – The Lancet, 2020
- Detail Question and Answers on COVID-19 for Public– Government of Karnataka and National Health Mission, 2020
- Environmental and Social Management Framework for India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project. – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India, 2020
- Epidemiology and transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in two Indian states – Science Magazine, 2020
- Guidelines for management of co-infection of COVID-19 with other seasonal epidemic prone diseases. – Government of India Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Directorate General of Health Services (EMR Division), 2020
- Guidelines on Managing Mental Illness in Hospital Settings during COVID-19 – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 2020
- How a communist physics teacher flattened the COVID-19 curve in southern India – Science Magazine, 2020
- **NEW** India’s massive COVID surge puzzles scientists -Nature, April 2021
- India coronavirus cases cross 8 million amid fears of the second wave – Al Jazeera, 2020
- India needs more transparency in its COVID-19 vaccine trials, critics say – Science Magazine, 2020
- India nudges to contain COVID-19 pandemic: A reactive public policy analysis using machine-learning based topic modeling – PLOS ONE, 2020
- Indirect impact of COVID-19 on environment: A brief study in Indian context – Environmental Research, 2020
- Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Situation Update Report – 10– World Health Organization, 2020
- Post COVID management protocol – Government of India Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Directorate General of Health Services (EMR Division), 2020
- Spell of heavy smog in Indian capital raises fears for COVID patients – Reuters, 2020
- Standard Operating Procedures on preventive measures to contain spread of COVID-19 during festivities – Government of India Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Directorate General of Health Services (Emergency Medical Relief), 2020
Information Specific to Bangladesh
- Accounts from Health Care Professionals Indicate Widespread and Long-lasting Impacts of Sexual Violence Against Rohingya -Physicians for Human Rights, 2020
- Bangladesh: WHO strengthens COVID-19 screening at points of entry with EU aid – World Health Organization, 2020
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update– Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh, 2020
- Covid-19 Status Bangladesh– Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), 2020
- Monsoon floods push millions of children into uncertainty amid COVID-19 – United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)—Reliefweb, 2020
- Movement-wide monthly report on COVID-19, August 2020 – United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)—Reliefweb, 2020
- National Preparedness and Response Plan for COVID-19, Bangladesh– Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Bangladesh, 2020
- Rohingya Refugee Response COVID-19 Report: World Vision Bangladesh – United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)—Reliefweb, 2020
- The impact of COVID-19 on rural women and enterprises: A rapid socio-economic assessment in Bangladesh by the empower project – United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)—Reliefweb, 2020
Other Information Portals
- 2019-nCoV Resource– Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, 2020
- APRU Plus: Addressing the Crisis, an online hub of information- APRU Plus, 2020
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Office for National Statistics, 2020
- Coronavirus: Latest research and analysis on the implications of the coronavirus pandemic worldwide– Overseas Development Institute (ODI), 2020
- Coronavirus Outbreak knowledge hub– Global Health Network
- Coronavirus resources– Evidence Aid, 2020
- COVID-19 Dedicated UN website – United Nations, 2020
- COVID-19 Information & Resources – Google
- Finding the evidence: Coronavirus– Public Health England, 2020
- Oxford COVID-19 Evidence Service– Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (University of Oxford), 2020
- **NEW**PMNCH COVID-19 and WCAH Toolkits -PMNCH has developed three Toolkits for clear and reliable resources on effective strategies and interventions (PMNCH 2020)
- **NEW**Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 -The Lancet, April 15, 2021
- The Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator – World Health Organization, 2020
- The Manchester briefing on COVID-19– Alliance Manchester Business School, 2020
- Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication– University of Cambridge, 2020