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Important Information on the Use of Serological (Antibody) Tests for COVID-19 – Letter to Health Care Providers

The FDA recommends that health care providers continue to use serological tests intended to detect antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 to help identify people who may have been exposed to the SARS-CoV-2 virus or have recovered from the COVID-19 infection.

http://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/letters-health-care-providers/important-information-use-serological-antibody-tests-covid-19-letter-health-care-providers

 
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GSK Consumer Healthcare Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Children’s Robitussin® Honey Cough and Chest Congestion DM and Children’s Dimetapp® Cold and Cough Due to Dosing Cups Missing Some Graduation Markings

GSK Consumer Healthcare is voluntarily recalling to the retail level two lots (listed below) of Children’s Robitussin® Honey Cough and Chest Congestion DM and one lot of Children’s Dimetapp® Cold and Cough, due to the inclusion of incorrect dosing cups.

http://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/gsk-consumer-healthcare-issues-voluntary-nationwide-recall-childrens-robitussinr-honey-cough-and

 
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Autoridades clausuran 9 empresas agrícolas

Autoridades clausuran 9 empresas agrícolas

Autoridades clausuran 9 empresas agrícolasMiércoles 17 de junio, 2020. Mediante un video reproducido en conferencia de prensa este mediodía, el ministro Soto Rojas detalló que se abordaron en total 1.967 personas de las cuales 1.405 son nacionales y 466 extranjeros.

https://www.ministeriodesalud.go.cr/index.php/centro-de-prensa/noticias/741-noticias-2020/1721-autoridades-clausuran-9-empresas-agricolas

 
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Dexametasona no previene el COVID-19

Dexametasona no previene el COVID-19

1796 casos confirmados por COVID-19Martes 16 de junio, 2020. Autoridades de Salud indicaron que la dexametasona no debe utilizarse como medicamento preventivo, ni como tratamiento en las fases iniciales de la enfermedad por COVID-19. Además subrayaron que este medicamento solo debe ser administrado bajo una indicación médica.

https://www.ministeriodesalud.go.cr/index.php/centro-de-prensa/noticias/741-noticias-2020/1719-dexametasona-no-previene-el-covid-19

 
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Alerta naranja se prorroga una semana más en algunos distritos

Alerta naranja se prorroga una semana más en algunos distritos

1796 casos confirmados por COVID-19Martes 16 de junio, 2020. Los distritos de Pococí, Peñas Blancas (San Ramón), Los Chiles (Los Chiles), La Fortuna (San Carlos), Upala y Paquera (Puntarenas)…

https://www.ministeriodesalud.go.cr/index.php/centro-de-prensa/noticias/741-noticias-2020/1718-alerta-naranja-se-prorroga-una-semana-mas-en-algunos-distritos

 
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WHO assessment and accelerated national registration of WHO-prequalified In Vitro Diagnostics (IVDs)

WHO has a public consultation on the following document for the WHO Expert Committee on Biological Standardization (ECBS) is now open.

WHO assessment and accelerated national registration of WHO-prequalified In Vitro Diagnostics (IVDs)

The 1st draft of the Collaborative procedure between the World Health Organization (WHO) and National Regulatory Authorities in the assessment and accelerated national registration of WHO-prequalified In Vitro Diagnostics (IVDs) has been prepared to enhance timely access to WHO-prequalified products in countries, to ensure that the product in countries is the same as the one which is WHO-prequalified and to provide a model for regulatory information exchange between countries. The draft document has been updated based on the informal consultation with experts from the National Regulatory Authorities which was conducted in November 2019 during the WHO Workshop on Collaborative Registration Procedure for Diagnostics.

WHO are now publishing this draft to get the feedback from a broad audience of relevant government authorities, manufacturers, and other experts. DEADLINE for submission of comment: 15 July 2020. Please send comments to: gunlud@who.int. 

You could download the document directly by clicking on the following link: https://www.who.int/biologicals/Collaborative_Procedure_for_IVDs_for_PC.pdf?ua=1

In order to provide your comments, please use the template, https://www.who.int/biologicals/Comment_Form_CRP_diagnostics_June_2020.doc?ua=1