The spread of carbapenemase-producing enterobacterales (CPE) remains a designated national public health emergency, but crucial surveillance and control measures are being curtailed by the Covid-19 crisis. The CPE emergency was declared by Government in October 2017 following “a rapid and worrying increase” in incidence. CPE are considered a growing threat to public…
As efforts continue towards treatments and a vaccine for Covid-19, a recent web conference looked at the funding and access challenges involved in the process. David Lynch reports