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COVID-19 reproduction number, government response and limited testing: international experiences
COVID-19 reproduction number, government response and limited testing: international experiences
Measuring Re with Limited Testing Availability
May 21, 2020
10:00 am to 12:00 pm (UTC-03:00)
Scientists from countries with distinct local COVID-19 epidemic profiles will talk about their experience in assessing transmissibility of the COVID-19 infection, approaches in situations of limited access to testing, and its importance in directing government response to the epidemic.
SPEAKERS:
| Luiz Eugênio Mello – Opening São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) |
Rui Maciel – Moderator Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
| Pedro Curi Hallal Federal University of Pelotas |
Michael Levitt Stanford University |
| Cécile Viboud Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health (FIC/NIH) |
Thomas Mellan Imperial College |
| Samir Bhatt Imperial College |
Registration: www.fapesp.br/eventos/covid19/registration
| Live |
Join the webinar on Agência FAPESP’s YouTube channel
You can participate in a Q & A panel. Please, send your comments and questions to live@fapesp.br.
There will be no certificate/declaration of presence for events broadcast on YouTube.
Preliminary Programm
| 10:00 |
Opening – Prof. Luiz Eugenio de Mello, Scientific Director, Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) |
| 10:30 |
Roundtable: Strategies for epidemiological monitoring and measurement of infectivity rates in key countries
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| 11:30 |
Q&A |
| 12:30 |
End of event |