COVID19 impact on women on both sides of the frontline: The American College of Cardiology Women in Cardiology Section’s International Working Group perspective

Introduction/Objective. At the end of 2021, Omicron wave (B.1.1.529) SARS-CoV-2 variant superseded the Delta variant (B.1.617). The main goal of the research is to provide a detailed and comprehensive presentation of data related to people infected with the coronavirus in Montenegro. The specific goal of the research is to determine whether virus mutations influenced the course of the epidemic during its two-year duration. Methods. This is a retrospective study. We used data from the Institute of Public Health of Montenegro. Our sample consisted of 127 134 people who tested positive for Delta or Omicron infection aged 0-100 years, who had a positive PCR test for Covid-19 between August 17 2021 and April 17 2022. Results. The respondents aged 40 to 49 years were taken as a reference group for age. The results showed that the age group from 20 to 29 years old was affected 1.03 times more than the reference group - persons belonging to the age group of 30 to 39 years were affected 1.07 times more than the reference group. The Central region was taken as the reference group for the region. The results showed that people who live in southern region got sick 1.14 times more often and people who live in northern region got sick 1.20 times less than people from the central region. Conclusion. The biggest predictor that a person would get sick is the age group. Also, the predictor is the region, and in our research, it was southern region.

Section: Discusionmentioning

confidence: 85%

Comparison of Delta and Omicron variant of COVID-19 infection cases in Montenegro

Grbovic

Galic

Grbovic³

et al. 2023

“…From the moment when the patient zero believed to be an asymptomatic carrier was infected in the beginning of January in Wuhan, China, the impact of the outbreak of newlyidentified coronavirus (COVID-19 virus SARS-COV-2) on the global population is unbelievable, and its consequences are being felt in all the industries [1,2]. The world has faced an unprecedented crisis and medicine has been challenged with the task of helping all the sick and disadvantaged [3]. The virus, named by the World Health Organization as 2019-nCOV, has temporarily changed the manner of doing business, as well as the shape of global economy [4].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The SARS-COV-2 pandemic and the challenges of intellectual property rights

Lukinović

Vitošević²

2021

The COVID-19 virus pandemic had a drastic impact on the social lives of billions of people, hitting certain industries like a hurricane. What the answer will be to this and possible other occurrences of pandemics in the future will largely depend on the inventiveness of the researchers. Intellectual property is the first system to offer answers, opening patent bases to anyone developing new technologies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The need for the means of prevention, treatment, and care has caused thousands of different researches, which find inspiration and guidance for discovering new solutions in patents that already exist. Publication of scientific papers has never been so intense in any scientific field as in medicine since the fight against this virus began. The time since the beginning of the virus pandemic has shown that science and innovators are ready for such challenges, but the global health crisis has imposed a new challenge on the intellectual property system, which refers to the strict implementation of its rights at times when rapid and global effect is needed in order to avoid additional deterioration due to further circulation of the virus among the population, which inevitably leads to the emergence of new strains of the virus.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on dental practice in Serbia - prospective study

Ivanjac,

Konstantinovic,

Milicic

2023

Introduction/Objective. The COVID-19, pandemic had a great impact on all spheres of dental practice. Dentists are the most affected category, due to their line of work. Studies conducted worldwide have shown a range of repercussions in dentistry including lockdowns, limited access to dental services, changes in prices, working hours and availability of protective equipment, increased anxiety levels, changes in the protocols and personnel fear of contracting the disease at work. The aim of this prospective observational survey study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the dental practices in Serbia, as well as the challenges and consequences faced by dentists since the beginning of the pandemic, via an anonymous questionnaire. Methods. Multi layered questioner was used divided in to 4 sections: 1. Demographic, 2. Dental office professional experience, 3. Epidemiological professional experience, 4. Personal pandemic experience. Results. In total, 459 members of the Serbian Dental Chamber participated, gender distribution was 34.4% men and 65.6% women, age range was 26 to 81 years, of which76.4% were immunized against COVID-19. Professional, epidemiological and personal experience showed high level of preventive measures, overcoming professional limitations in order to lower the probability of contracting and spreading the disease. Conclusion. The COVID-19 pandemic had a large influence on the dental practice in Serbia. Many dentists had to overcome the professional, economic and personal limits. The immunization made all the difference and created a safer environment for dentists and patients.