COVID-19 disruption will lead to 28 million surgeries cancelled worldwide

Over 28 million elective surgeries across the globe could be cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic—leading to patients facing a lengthy wait for their health issues to be resolved, a new study reveals.

Nearly quarter of a billion people in Africa will catch coronavirus and up to 190,000 could die

Nearly a quarter of a billion people across Africa will catch coronavirus during the first year of the pandemic, and up to 190,000 of them will likely die, unless urgent action is taken to control the infection, reveals a predictive modelling study, accepted for publication in BMJ Global Health.

COVID-19 death counts 'substantial underestimation' of actual deaths for some Italian regions

Official covid-19 death counts are likely to be a "substantial underestimation" of the actual number of deaths from the disease, at least for some Italian regions, concludes a study published by The BMJ today.