The ABO blood group locus and a chromosome 3 gene cluster associate with SARS-CoV-2 respiratory failure in an Italian-Spanish genome-wide association analysis D Ellinghaus et al, MEDRXIV, June 2, 2020

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The ABO blood group locus and a chromosome 3 gene cluster associate with SARS-CoV-2 respiratory failure in an Italian-Spanish genome-wide association analysis
D Ellinghaus et al, MEDRXIV, June 2, 2020

G6PD variant distribution in sub-Saharan Africa and potential risks of using chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine based treatments for COVID-19
J Da Rocha et al, MEDRXIV, June 2, 2020

Development and Evaluation of an AI System for COVID-19 Diagnosis
C Jin et al, MEDRXIV, June 2, 2020

Rapid Epidemiological Analysis of Comorbidities and Treatments as risk factors for COVID-19 in Scotland (REACT-SCOT): a population-based case-control study
PM McKeigue et al, MEDRXIV, June 2, 2020

Development and Validation of a Survival Calculator for Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19
TJ Levy et al, MEDRXIV< June 2, 2020

GenOMICC study on COVID-19 patients
Genomics England, June 2020

Genomics England is working with the NHS to deliver whole genome sequencing of up to 20,000 people who have been severely affected by COVID-19 – requiring intensive care – and 15,000 people who had mild symptoms. This study aims to find out whether there are genetic factors for some people experiencing severe symptoms.

The CALL score for predicting outcomes in patients with COVID-19.
Grifoni Elisa et al. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020 May

Thousands of people will help scientists to track the long-term health effects of the coronavirus crisis - Cohort studies that follow populations over years have quickly pivoted to trace the pandemic’s physical, mental and social consequences.
A Abbot, Nature News, June 1, 2020

COVID-19: review of disparities in risks and outcomes - Review into how different factors have affected COVID-19 risk and outcomes.
Public Health England, June 2, 2020

This is a descriptive review of surveillance data on disparities in the risk and outcomes from COVID-19. The review looked at different factors including: age and sex, where people live, deprivation, ethnicity, people’s occupation, care home residence. The findings are based on the latest surveillance data available and from links to wider health data sets.

The need for privacy with public digital contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic
Y Bengio et al, Lancet Digital Health, June 2, 2020

Despite their potential advantages, most of the applications in use or under consideration have an impact on individual privacy that democratic societies would normally consider to be unacceptably high. In a free and democratic society, there are major concerns regarding privacy.