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WEB SESSION

1 Apr 2020

Web Session: Novel Coronavirus - the Next Big Pandemic? Medical and Epidemiological Aspects

Wednesday, 01 April 2020

14:00 - 16:00 Topics (preliminary programme)
- COVID-19, MERS, SARS and influenza – What are the differences?
- Is this already a pandemic?
- The virus’ profile
- COVID-19 medical aspects (symptoms)
- Transmissibility
- R0 and CFR – Underlying data and how to interpret the current figures
- Testing options, role of genomics and impact on epidemiological understanding
- Is containment effective?
- Treatment – where are we now?
- Mysteries of COVID-19
- What to expect next?
(Time zone: CEST - Central European Summer Time)

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