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• Urgent actions to save lives when ICU bed needs approach or exceed capacity: lessons from Mongolia

  Buyantogtokh Batsukh, Bund-Ochir Khishigsaikhan, Dulamragchaa Buyanbaatar, Gerelmaa Danzan, Nansalmaa Munkhtur, Ariuntuya Ochirpurev, Takeshi Nishijima, Howard Sobel, Masahiro Zakoji

• Clinical and demographic characteristics of COVID-19 cases in Brunei Darussalam: comparison between the first and second waves, 2020 and 2021

  Muhammad Umer Malik, Muhammad Syafiq Abdullah, Pui Lin Chong, Rosmonaliza Asli, Babu Ivan Mani, Nooraffizan Rahman, Natalie Riamiza Momin, Chin Ann Lim, Justin Wong, Chee Fui Chong, Vui Heng Chong

• Operational challenges of the Philippine Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Program during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Karis Boehme, Sonia B Sia, Ferissa Ablola, June Gayeta, Ma Cecilia Alea

• Challenges during the second wave of COVID-19 in Brunei Darussalam: National Isolation Centre to National COVID-19 Hospital

  Noor Affizan Rahman, Muhammad Syafiq Abdullah, Rosmonaliza Asli, Pui Lin Chong, Babu Ivan Mani, Vui Heng Chong

• Comparison of strategies for daily surveillance of international travellers quarantined in Vanuatu, October–December 2020

  Caroline van Gemert, Wendy Williams, Joanne Mariasua, Debbie Fred, Matthew Cornish, Len Tarivonda, Posikai Samuel Tapo, Vincent Atua, Obed Manwo, Philippe Guyant, Lola Iavro, Geoff Clark

• The role of leadership among a Congolese community in Australia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a narrative study

  Sunita J Rebecca Healey, Nafiseh Ghafournia, Katarzyna Bolsewicz, Karinne Andrich, Peter D Massey

• Strengthening health systems resilience using environmental surveillance for COVID-19 and antimicrobial resistance in the Philippines

  Miguel Antonio Salazar, Leslie Michelle M Dalmacio, Aileen H Orbecido, Ruth C Abanador, Michael Angelo Promentilla, Arnel B Beltran, Renan Ma T Tanhueco, Marilen Parungao Balolong

• Tool for tracking all-cause mortality and estimating excess mortality to support the COVID-19 pandemic response

  Mengjuan Duan, Mark S Handcock, Bart Blackburn, Fiona Kee, Viema Biaukula, Tamano Matsui, Babatunde Olowokure

• Culturally and linguistically diverse voices and views in COVID-19 pandemic plans and policies

  Nafiseh Ghafournia, Peter D Massey, Sunita J Rebecca Healey, Bhavi Ravindran

• Fieldwork for public health responses during pandemics: lessons from the New South Wales Health experience with COVID-19

  Laksmi Govindasamy, Anthony Zheng, Ming Chen, Debbie Chia, Paola Garcia, Chaturangi Yapa, Tara Smith

• Early COVID-19 response in two small island developing states: Maldives and Trinidad and Tobago

  Shalini Pooransingh, Abdul Azeez Yoosuf, Sheena Moosa, Nishan Ahmed, Satish Jankie, Lexley Pinto Pereira

• Integration of publicly available case-based data for real-time coronavirus disease 2019 risk assessment, Japan

  Kota Ninomiya, Mariko Kanamori, Naomi Ikeda, Kazuaki Jindai, Yura K Ko, Kanako Otani, Yuki Furuse, Hiroki Akaba, Reiko Miyahara, Mayuko Saito, Motoi Suzuki, Hitoshi Oshitani

• Nosocomial outbreak of coronavirus disease in two general wards during the initial wave of the pandemic in 2020, Tokyo, Japan

  Naoya Sakamoto, Masayuki Ota, Tomoko Takeda, Atsushi Kosaka, Takuya Washino, Sentaro Iwabuchi, Minako Beppu, Itaru Nishiduka, Tamano Matsui, Motoi Suzuki, Fukumi Nakamura-Uchiyama

• The ongoing value of first few X studies for COVID-19 in the Western Pacific Region

  Adrian Marcato, James E Fielding, Kristy Crooks, Peter D Massey, Linh-Vi Le, Isabel Bergeri, Jodie McVernon

• Epidemiological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Theta variant (P.3) in the Central Visayas region, Philippines, 30 October 2020–16 February 2021

  Nel Jason L Haw, Eugenia Mercedes Cañal, Juanito Zuasula Jr, Mary Jean Loreche, Jaime Bernadas

• COVID-19 outbreak at an aged-care facility in Selangor, Malaysia, March–April 2020

  Faridah Jafri, Mardiana Omar, Faridah Kusnin, Masitah Mohamad

• COVID-19 patients with negative results on initial screening: Experience of Brunei Darussalam

  Vui Heng Chong, Justin Wong, Muhammad Syafiq Abdullah, Rosmonaliza Asli, Riamiza Natalie Momin, Siti Nabilah Ahmed, Norhasyimah Tamin, Babu Ivan Mani, Pui Lin Chong

• Lessons learnt from the first large outbreak of COVID-19 in health-care settings in Tasmania, Australia

  Fay H Johnston, Tara Anderson, Michelle Harlock, Natasha Castree, Louise Parry, Therese Marfori, Michelle McPherson, Mark Veitch, Kylie J Smith, Nicola Stephens

• COVID-19: Integrating genomic and epidemiological data to inform public health interventions and policy in Tasmania, Australia

  Nicola Stephens, Michelle McPherson, Louise Cooley, Rob Vanhaeften, Mathilda Wilmot, Courtney Lane, Michelle Harlock, Kerryn Lodo, Natasha Castree, Torsten Seemann, Michelle Sait, Susan Ballard, Kristy Horan, Mark Veitch, Fay Johnston, Norelle Sherry, Ben Howden

• Virological characteristics of cases of COVID-19 in northern Viet Nam, January–May 2020

  Hang Khanh Le Nguyen, Son Vu Nguyen, Phuong Mai Vu Hoang, Thanh Thi Le, Huong thi Thu Tran, Long Hai Pham Nguyen, Thai Quang Pham, Thuy Thanh Nguyen, Anh Duc Dang, Anh Phuong Nguyen, Mai thi Quynh Le

• Re-positive testing, clinical evolution and clearance of infection: results from COVID-19 cases in isolation in Viet Nam

  Ngoc-Anh Hoang, Thai Quang Pham, Ha-Linh Quach, Khanh Cong Nguyen, Samantha Colquhoun, Stephen Lambert, Huy Luong Duong, Dai Quang Tran, Cong Dinh Phung, Nhu Duong Tran, Duy Nghia Ngu, Anh Tu Tran, Hue Bich Thi Nguyen, Duc-Anh Dang, Florian Vogt

• Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients in a tertiary hospital in Baguio City, Philippines

  Karen Joyce C. Cortez, Bernard A. Demot, Samantha S. Bartolo, Dexter D. Feliciano, Verna Moila P. Ciriaco, Imari Irish E. Labi, Denzelle Diane M. Viray, Jenna Charise M. Casuga, Karol Anne B. Camonayan-Flor, Precious Mae A. Gomez, Marie Ellaine N. Velasquez, Thea Pamela T. Cajulao, Jovy E. Nigos, Maria Lowella F. De Leon, Domingo P. Solimen, Angelita G. Go, Francis M. Pizarro, Larry C. Haya Jr., Ray P. Aswat, Virginia B. Mangati, Caesar Noel I. Palaganas, Mylene N. Genuino, Kimberley M. Cutiyog-Ubando, Karen C. Tadeo, Marienelle L. Longid, Nowell Benedict C. Catbagan, Joel B. Bongotan, Beverly Anne T. Dominguez-Villar, Joeffrey B. Dalao

• How Iwate Prefecture in Japan maintained a low COVID-19 infection rate

  Shuko Takahashi, Ichiro Kawachi

• Using machine learning to create a decision tree model to predict outcomes of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines

  Julius Migriño, Ani Regina U. Batangan

• Prevalence of primary bacterial co-infections among patients with COVID-19 in Brunei Darussalam

  Aieman Bashir, Muhammad Syafiq Abdullah, Natalie Raimiza Momin, Pui Lin Chong, Rosmonaliza Asli, Babu Ivan Mani, Vui Heng Chong

• Preparing for and conducting the National Health and Morbidity Survey in Malaysia amid the COVID-19 pandemic: balancing risks and benefits to participants and society

  Zhuo Lin Chong, Noor Aliza Lodz, Mohd Hatta Abdul Mutalip, Yin Cheng Lim, Maznieda Mahjom, Noor Ani Ahmad

• The first newborn patient with SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 identified in Viet Nam: treatment and care practices

  Dem Van Pham, Hai Hoang Do, Anh Viet Nguyen, Nam Thanh Nguyen, Ngoc Van Hoang, Ngoc-Anh Thi Hoang

• Use of public data to describe COVID-19 contact tracing in Hubei Province and non-Hubei provinces in China between 20 January and 29 February 2020

  Emilio Dirlikov, Suizan Zhou, Lifeng Han, Zhijun Li, Ling Hao, Alexander Millman, Barbara Marston

• Environmental sampling for SARS-CoV-2 at a reference laboratory and provincial hospital in central Viet Nam, 2020

  Thái Hùng Đỗ, Văn Thành Nguyễn, Thế Hùng Đinh, Xuân Huy Lê, Quang Chiêu Nguyễn, Văn Quân Lê, Bảo Triệu Nguyễn, Ngọc Bích Ngân Nguyễn, Thị Ngọc Phúc Nguyễn, Kim Mai Huỳnh, Hoàng Long Trịnh, Thị Kim Trang Lê, Thùy Dung Diệp, Thủy Thị Thu Đỗ, Hiền Thị Thu Bùi, Alyssa M Finlay, Quốc Việt Nguyễn, Philip L Gould

• Use of movement restrictions during an outbreak of COVID-19 in Selangor, Malaysia

  Anita Suleiman, Shaari Ngadiman, Mazliza Ramly, Ahmad Faudzi Yusoff, Mohamed Paid Yusof

• Early reports of epidemiological parameters of the COVID-19 pandemic

  Keeley Allen, Amy Elizabeth Parry, Kathryn Glass

• Prioritizing mosquito-borne diseases during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

  Shahmshad Ahmed Khan, Cameron Ewart Webb, Nur Faeza Abu Kassim

• Dengue at the time of COVID-19 in the Philippines

  Xerxes Tesoro Seposo

• The first community outbreak of COVID-19 in Viet Nam: description and lessons learned

  Duong Nhu Tran, Quynh Mai Thi Le, Hien Tran Nguyen, Nghia Duy Ngu, Khoa Trong Nguyen, Tuan Hai Nguyen, Tu Anh Tran, Tu Huy Ngo, Mai Phuong Vu Hoang, Anh Duc Dang

• 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, Mohamed Paid Yusof

• Screening of hospital admissions for COVID-19 in Brunei Darussalam

  Sanny Zi Lung Choo, Hazirah Shafri, Fatimah Al-Zahara Johan, Norwani Basir, Pui Lin Chong, Muhammad Syafiq Abdullah, Rosmonaliza Asli, Jackson Tan, Dilip Joseph Thottacherry, Muhammad Ady Adillah Ahmad, Vui Heng Chong

• 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 Tassiets, Tessa B Knox, Michael Buttsworth, Geoff Clark, Matthew Cornish, Posikai Samuel Tapo, Len Tarivonda, Philippe Guyant

• Lessons from COVID-19-free Vanuatu: intensive health operations for Phase 1 of repatriation and quarantine, May–July 2020

  Posikai Samuel Tapo, Tessa B Knox, Caroline van Gemert, Obed Manwo, Edna Iavro, Wendy Williams, Rosaria Maurice, Griffith Harrison, Matthew Cornish, Michael Benjamin, Vincent Atua, Jimmy Obed, Geoff Clark, Philippe Guyant, Basil Leodoro, Len Tarivonda

• Dengue-COVID-19 coinfection: the first reported case in the Philippines

  Angyap Lyn Saipen, Bernard Demot, Lowella De Leon

• Using open-source intelligence to identify early signals of COVID-19 in Indonesia

  Yoser Thamtono, Aye Moa, Chandini Raina MacIntyre

• Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak during a Chinese New Year dinner in a restaurant, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region SAR (China), 2020

  Tsz-sum Lam, Chi-hong Wong, Wing-hang Lam, Ho-yeung Lam, Yonnie Chau-kuen Lam, Emily Chi-mei Leung, Shuk kwan Chuang

• 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 Nazaruddin Bahari, Muhammad Haikal Ghazali, Noor Aliza Lodz, Muhammad Hafizuddin Taufik Ramli, Nur Liana Ab Majid, Jane Ling Miaw Yn, Muhammad Fadhli Mohd Yusoff, Noor Ani Ahmad, Anita Suleiman, Ahmad Faudzi Yusoff, Venugopalan Balan, Sha’ari Ngadiman

• Early response to COVID-19 in the Philippines

  Arianna Maever L Amit, Veincent Christian F Pepito, Manuel M Dayrit

• Seroepidemiology of SARS-CoV-2, Yamagata, Japan, June 2020

  Keita Morikane, Naohito Satoh, Kanji Hatano, Kazunori Kanouchi, Seiji Kakehata, Shinya Satoh, Timothy Uyeki, Yoshiyuki Ueno

• COVID-19 is moving to high-density, poor residential areas in Metropolitan Manila, Philippines

  Eumelia Salva Villarama, Edmundo Lopez, Ana Ria Sayo, Xerxes Seposo, Koya Ariyoshi, Chris Smith

• 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, Chi Mei Emily Leung, Chau Kuen Yonnie Lam, Tin Wai Winnie Lau, Chi Hin Billy Ho, Ka Hing Wong, Shuk Kwan Chuang

• 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, Veronica Bell

• Testing for COVID-19 cases in ASEAN

  David SQ Koh, Sheena XM Wong, Justin Wong