- Andrew Gaches
The Friday Report - Issue 5
Bulletin 22 | Matt Fletcher, Nicola Oliver and Andre Gaches

Every week, more is written on COVID-19 than any individual could possibly read. Collectively, the COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group read more about the outbreak than most, so we’ve decided each Friday to provide you with a curated list of the key papers and articles that we’ve looked at recently.
In this report:
The role of testing in COVID-19 control
Clinical characteristics and predictors of outcomes in hospitalised patients with COVID-19
The role of genes in COVID-19 symptoms
Features of hospitalised UK patients with COVID-19
IFS report on wider impacts of the pandemic on the NHS
Estimating the burden of United States workers exposed to infection or disease
Remdesivir in adults with severe COVID-19
Internet searches for unproven COVID-19 therapies in the United States
Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 viral load by patient age
Concern that a COVID-19 related inflammatory syndrome is emerging in children
ONS analysis by local area and socioeconomic deprivation
UK deaths in care homes and deaths from other causes