https://www.selleckchem.com/products/thiamet-g.html ve of study outcomes, the results will be submitted to peer-reviewed scientific journals for publication. NCT04390087. NCT04390087. To undertake a case review of deaths in a 6-week period during the COVID-19 pandemic commencing with the first death in the hospital from COVID-19 on 12th of March 2020 and contrast this with the same period in 2019. A large London teaching hospital. Three groups were compared group 1-COVID-19-associated deaths in the 6-week period (n=243), group 2-non-COVID deaths in the same period (n=136) and group 3-all deaths in a comparison period of the same 6 weeks in 2019 (n=194). This was a descriptive analysis of death case series review and as such no primary or secondary outcomes were pre-stipulated. Deaths in patients from the Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities in the pandemic period significantly increased both in the COVID-19 group (OR=2.43, 95% CI=1.60-3.68, p<0.001) and the non-COVID group (OR=1.76, 95% CI=1.09-2.83, p=0.02) during this time period and the increase was independent of differences in comorbidities, sex, age or deprivation. While the absolute number of deaths incre influence of ethnicity on susceptibility to illness, mortality and health-seeking behaviour during the pandemic. In patient-facing healthcare workers delivering secondary care, what is the evidence behind UK Government personal protective equipment (PPE) guidance on surgical masks versus respirators for SARS-CoV-2 protection? Two independent reviewers performed a rapid review. Appraisal was performed using Critical Appraisal Skills Programme checklists and Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations methodology. Results were synthesised by comparison of findings and appraisals. MEDLINE, Google Scholar, UK Government COVID-19 website and grey literature. Studies published on any date containing primary data comparing surgical facemasks and respirators specific to SARS-Co