Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious acute respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus. The World Health Organization (WHO) was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown microbial aetiology associated with Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China on 31 De...

What is this? If a patient has comorbidities, such as diabetes, this may affect their risk of contracting COVID-19 and the severity of their disease. Several rapid reviews are summarised here. For more details including citations and links to the full reviews, please sc...

Sarah Chapman highlights Cochrane evidence on COVID-19 and other health effects of the pandemic, with links to reviews, blogs and other Cochrane resources. While we’ve all been adapting to huge and sudden changes in our lives and healthcare workers have been meeting unp...

This guideline covers identifying, assessing and managing the long-term effects of COVID-19, often described as ‘long COVID’. It makes recommendations about care in all healthcare settings for adults, children and young people who have new or ongoing symptoms 4 weeks or...

Summary of rapid systematic reviews, from the 8th edition of the document and above.

The guideline covers the care of people who have signs and symptoms that develop during or after an infection consistent with COVID-19, that continue for more than 4 weeks and are not explained by an alternative diagnosis. It provides recommendations based on the curren...

What is this? Many research articles have been published about diagnostic features for COVID-19 infection, such as those found with computerised tomography (CT) imaging of the chest. Several rapid reviews are summarised here. More details on each review, including citat...

What is this? The COVID-19 pandemic is placing a psychological and psychosocial burden on patients and wider society. Several reviews of the mental health impacts of COVID-19 and other pandemics are summarised here. More details, including citations and links to the ful...

What is this? Smokers are more vulnerable to infectious diseases and smoking can worsen the prognosis of people with respiratory diseases, such as COVID-19. Findings from several relevant rapid reviews are summarised here. More details, including citations and links to ...