The correct method of testing for COVID-19 antibodies is important in the current phase of the pandemic when gradual re-opening of the workplace is being contemplated.In India, rapid antibody tests were introduced early in the epidemic and then withdrawn due to inaccurate results. ELISA based tests, which are most accurate of all the prevalent methods,...

The study delves into COVID-19 household transmission dynamics which can guide home isolation policy in non-severe COVID-19 cases. It suggests minimal risk of COVID-19 transmission among household contacts if early and strict isolation (masking, eating and residence) are followed. Physical distancing is suggested for practice within households especially...

Although earlier publications have mentioned the presence of viral particles in the urine, this is the first report of autopsy findings in COVID-19 substantiating that the virus directly invades the kidney. As kidney or other organ biopsies are unlikely to be done as a part of evaluation in patients with the disease. We need more full autopsies to understand...

The study provides evidence, under laboratory conditions, of the number of droplets produced by loud speech and their airborne duration suggesting a plausible role of speech droplets in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in confined spaces.

Article: Stadnytskyi V, Bax CE, Bax A, Anfinrud P. The airborne lifetime of small speech droplets and their potential...