Περίληψη:
Background One year after the declaration of the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) and
despite the implementation of mandatory physical barriers and social
distancing, humanity remains challenged by a long-lasting and
devastating public health crisis.
Management Non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) are efficient
mitigation strategies. The success of these NPIs is dependent on the
approval and commitment of the population. The launch of a mass
vaccination program in many countries in late December 2020 with mRNA
vaccines, adenovirus-based vaccines, and inactivated virus vaccines has
generated hope for the end of the pandemic.
Current Issues The continuous appearance of new pathogenic viral strains
and the ability of vaccines to prevent infection and transmission raise
important concerns as we try to achieve community immunity against
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and
its variants. The need of a second and even third generation of vaccines
has already been acknowledged by the WHO and governments.
Perspectives There is a critical and urgent need for a balanced and
integrated strategy for the management of the COVID-19 outbreaks
organized on three axes: (1) P revention of the SARS-CoV-2 infection,
(2) Detection and early diagnosis of patients at risk of disease
worsening, and (3) Anticipation of medical care (PDA).
Conclusion The “PDA strategy” integrated into state policy for the
support and expansion of health systems and introduction of digital
organizations (i.e., telemedicine, e-Health, artificial intelligence,
and machine-learning technology) is of major importance for the
preservation of citizens’ health and life world-wide.
Συγγραφείς:
Gerotziafas, Grigoris T.
Catalano, Mariella
Theodorou, Yiannis
and Van Dreden, Patrick
Marechal, Vincent
Spyropoulos, Alex C.
and Carter, Charles
Jabeen, Nusrat
Harenberg, Job
Elalamy,
Ismail
Falanga, Anna
Fareed, Jawed
Agathaggelou, Petros and
Antic, Darko
Antignani, Pier Luigi
Bosch, Manuel Monreal and
Brenner, Benjamin
Chekhonin, Vladimir
Colgan, Mary-Paula and
Dimopoulos, Meletios-Athanasios
Douketis, Jim
Elnazar, Essam Abo
and Farkas, Katalin
Fazeli, Bahare
Fowkes, Gerry
Gu,
Yongquan
Gligorov, Joseph
Ligocki, Mark A.
Indran, Tishya
and Kannan, Meganathan
Kantarcioglu, Bulent
Kasse, Abdoul Aziz
and Konstantinidis, Kostantinos
Leivano, Fabio
Lewis, Joseph and
Makatsariya, Alexander
Mbaye, P. Massamba
Mahe, Isabelle and
Panovska-Stavridis, Irina
Olinic, Dan-Mircea
Papageorgiou,
Chryssa
Pecsvarady, Zsolt
Pillon, Sergio
Ramacciotti,
Eduardo
Abdel-Razeq, Hikmat
Sabbah, Michele
Sassi, Mouna and
Schernthaner, Gerit
Siddiqui, Fakiha
Shiomura, Jin and
Slama-Schwok, Anny
Wautrecht, Jean Claude
Tafur, Alfonso and
Taher, Ali
Klein-Wegel, Peter
Zhai, Zenguo
Zoubida, Tazi
Mezalek
