Covid-19 resources

US WebMD: introduction

• What is Coronavirus 2019 (Covid 19) ?

Health Education England

• Some of the top resources for the public regarding Coronavirus (Covid-19)

Data including daily updates 

• UK Summary (gov.uk)
• Coronavirus Data Table (World Health Organisation)
• Coronavirus in Europa und der Welt - alle Zahlen im Überblick (Zeitonline.de) 
• Coronavirus Resource Center - homepage (John Hopkins University, USA)
• Covid-19 Map (Coronavirus Resource Center, John Hopkins University, USA) (NB: Data is no longer being collected after the 10th March 2023)

UK Law

• Coronavirus legislation - key pieces of Coronavirus legislation

Earlier Coronavirus diseases to Covid-19

• Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus (MERS-CoV) - World Health Organisation factsheet
• Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - World Health Organisation

About Coronavirus

• NHS England
• WHO Coronavirus (Covid-19) homepage

Epidemiology, Viruses and Vaccines

• Global Health Observatory - Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) data - from the World Health Organisation
• How do vaccines work? - World Health Organisation
• Virus - definition - from Nature.com's Scitable education site 

For more information, see other pages on this guide, such as Vaccines and Regulation.

Useful reference works for medical topics.  For the most up-to-date information, journals, databases and key sources such as the WHO should be consulted.

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (opens in new tab). Requires University of Birmingham login.  

Medical Dictionary (opens in new tab).  From the FreeDictionary.com online resource (open site).

Medlineplus (opens in new tab).  "Trusted health information".  From the National Library of Medicine in the USA (open site).

Oxford Textbook of Medicine (opens in new tab).   Requires University of Birmingham login.