WPSAR Volume 11, Issue 5

WPSAR Volume 11, Issue 5

COVID-19 special issue

Outbreak Investigation Report

The first community outbreak of COVID-19 in Viet Nam: description and lessons learned
Tran Nhu Duong, Le Thi Quynh Mai, Nguyen Tran Hien, Ngu Duy Nghia, Nguyen Trong Khoa, Nguyen Hai Tuan, Tran Anh Tu, Ngo Huy Tu, Hoang Vu Mai Phuong and Dang Duc Anh

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak during a Chinese New Year dinner in a restaurant, Hong Kong SAR (China), 2020
Tsz-sum Lam, Chi-hong Wong, Wing-hang Lam, Ho-yeung Lam, Yonnie Chau-kuen Lam, Emily Chi-mei Leung and Shuk-kwan Chuang

A superspreading event involving a cluster of 14 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections from a family gathering in Hong Kong SAR (China)
Ho Yeung Lam, Tsz Sum Lam, Chi Hong Wong, Wing Hang Lam, Emily Leung Chi Mei, Yonnie Lam Chau Kuen,Winnie Lau Tin Wai, Billy Ho Chi Hin, Ka Hing Wong and Shuk Kwan Chuang


Case Report/Case Series

Dengue–COVID-19 coinfection: the first reported case in the Philippines
Angyap Saipen, Bernard Demot and Lowella De Leon


Surveillance System Implementation/Evaluation

Challenges to implementation and strengthening of initial COVID-19 surveillance in Vanuatu: January–April 2020
Wendy Williams, Caroline van Gemert, Joanne Mariasua, Edna Iavro, Debbie Fred, Johnny Nausien, Obed Manwo, Vincent Atua, George Junior Pakoa, Annie Taissets, Tessa B Knox, Michael Buttsworth, Geoff Clark, Matthew Cornish, Posikai Samuel Tapo, Len Tarivonda and Philippe Guyant


Original Research

Early reports of epidemiological parameters of the COVID-19 pandemic
Keeley Allen, Amy Elizabeth Parry and Kathryn Glass

Descriptive epidemiology of the first wave of COVID-19 in Petaling District, Malaysia: Focus on asymptomatic transmission
Rama Krishna Supramanian, Lavanyah Sivaratnam, Arifah Abd Rahim, Noor Dalila Inche Zainal Abidin, Ong Richai, Zazarida Zakiman, Salina Md Taib, Lee Soo, Syed Hafeez Syed Ibrahim Jamalullai, Muhammad Nur Asraf Khirusalleh and Mohamed Paid Yusof

Using open-source intelligence to identify early signals of COVID-19 in Indonesia
Yoser Thamtono, Aye Moa and Chandini Raina MacIntyre

Comorbidities and clinical features related to severe outcomes among COVID-19 cases in Selangor, Malaysia
Wan Shakira Rodzlan Hasani, Shubash Shander Ganapathy, Chong Zhuo Lin, Halizah Mat Rifin, Mohammad Nazarudin Bahari, Muhammad Haikal Ghazali, Noor Aliza Lodz, Muhd Hafizuddin Taufik Ramli, Nur Liana Ab Majid, Miaw Yn Jane Ling, Muhammad Fadhli Mohd Yusoff, Noor Ani Ahmad, Anita Suleiman, Ahmad Faudzi Yusoff, Venugopalan Balan and Sha’ari Ngadiman


Letter to the Editor

COVID-19 is moving to high-density, poor residential areas in Metropolitan Manila, Philippines
Eumelia P. Salva Villarama, Edmundo B. Lopez, Ana Ria Sayo, Xerxes Seposo, Koya Ariyoshi, and Chris Smith


Perspective

Prioritizing mosquito-borne diseases during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Shahmshad Ahmed Khan, Cameron Ewart Webb and Nur Faeza Abu Kassim

Dengue at the time of COVID-19 in the Philippines
Xerxes T. Seposo;

Early response to COVID-19 in the Philippines
Arianna Maever L. Amit, Veincent Christian F. Pepito and Manuel M. Dayrit

Mongolia Red Cross Society, influenza preparedness planning and the response to COVID-19: the case for investing in epidemic preparedness
Lisa Natoli, Narangoo Gaysuren, Densmaa Odkhuu and Veronica Bell 


Brief Report

Screening of hospital admissions for COVID-19 in Brunei Darussalam
Sanny Zi Lung Choo, Hazirah Shafri, Fatimah Al-Zahara Johan, Norwani Basir, Pui Ling Chong, Muhammad Syafiq Abdullah, Rosmonaliza Asli, Jackson Tan, Dilip Joseph Thottacherry, Mohammad Ady Adillah Ahmad and Vui Heng Chong

Seroepidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, Yamagata, Japan, June 2020
Keita Morikane, Naohito Satoh, Kanji Hatano, Kazunori Kanouchi, Seiji Kakehata, Shinya Satoh, Timothy M. Uyeki and Yoshiyuki Ueno

Testing for COVID-19 cases in ASEAN
David SQ Koh, Sheena XM Wong and Justin Wong