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Nilmini W
@Minimalneg
Public health / health economics. Tweets are my own views and not that of my employer's. Researcher at @ihplk. Let's go for #ZeroCovid.
May 11, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
A thread on what MOH is planning for people who got 1 dose of AstraZeneca (Covishield) and are waiting for their second. On May 9, Dr Deepa Gamage of the Epid Unit presented at "The Next Pandemic - International Conference" organised by the Medical Students of the Rotaract Club. Three points
1. They are looking to get AstraZeneca doses from countries that may have doses they can part with.
2. There are studies overseas investigating the ability to use a different brand as the second dose - if good results, we would also have that option.
Apr 23, 2021 • 28 tweets • 7 min read
Thread on locked-down areas since 18 April 2021. Plan to add to this if more come.
#COVID19LK 18 April - Thiththawelgala (Kurunegala) isolated according to local health authorities

newscenter.lk/2021/04/18/cov…
Nov 16, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
1/ It's gloomy news today. There are many plusses to our COVID response, and we must not lose sight of those. It's been a tough time on many - those involved in the response, and to the public. Testing numbers are really holding as back. Some thoughts: 2/ Great strengths with LKA's response, albeit with huge challenges and consequences:
ability to contact trace nearly all cases (this requires a good public health system),
tightening up boarders quite early, and
strict quarantine for cases,
which led to a smaller first wave.
Nov 14, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
In my ideal world, we would increase testing capacity enough to 1. test all people who come to hospitals with COVID symptoms (fever OR respiratory symptoms), throughout #lka. With further expansion 2. We would ask people in the community with symptoms to come and get tested. 1/4 It's "targeted" to find clusters earlier, rather than when there are 1000s of people and we stumble upon it from the current surveillance testing that is done (it appears this cluster was (thankfully) detected by such surveillance testing). 2/4
Nov 7, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
We all know about face masks, hand washing and distancing. I want to highlight high risk situations, so you can think twice when you face situations in the coming weeks.

Better yet if you read this article, but I will summarise in a few tweets

english.elpais.com/society/2020-1… 1. Closed rooms with recirculating air (e.g. airconditioned, or no windows) are higher risk than larger rooms with free air flow, because virus aerosols accumulate and float around, and you're more likely to come into contact with it in higher doses. elpais.com/infografias/20…