Guidance 

Public Health England and Department of Health and Social Care

• COVID-19: Guidance for health professionals

• COVID-19: Infection prevention and control
• COVID-19: Investigation and initial clinical management of possible cases

• COVID-19: Management of staff and exposed patients or residents in health and social care settings

• COVID-19: Guidance for stepdown of infection control precautions and discharging COVID-19 patients

• COVID-19: Considerations for acute personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages.  NOTE: some content conflicts with IPC best-practice
• EMG: Role of ventilation in controlling SARS-CoV-2 transmission
• Correct use of PPE: 
  
  • Guidance on the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for aerosol generating procedures (AGPs)
  • Guidance on the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for non-aerosol generating procedures (APGs)
  • See also PHE videos: COVID-19: Donning of Personal Protective Equipment COVID-19: Removal and disposal of Personal Protective Equipment

World Health Organisation 

• WHO: Country and technical guidance - Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
• WHO: Rational use of personal protective equipment for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and considerations during severe shortages

NHS

• Face masks and coverings in healthcare settings

Communications Toolkit: Guidance on the use of face masks and coverings in hospital settings to prevent COVID-19 transmission

FAQs on the use of face masks and coverings in hospital settings

• NHS Coronavirus guidance for clinicians - secondary care
• NHS Specialty guides for patient management

HSIB

• COVID-19 transmission in hospitals: management of the risk – a prospective safety investigation. HSIB report and eight safety recommendations.

Research and commentary

• HIS journals COVID-19 research and commentary
• Lancet COVID-19 resource centre
• BMJ COVID-19 news and resources
• PLOS COVID-19 collection
• New England Journal of Medicine COVID-19 collection
• JAMA COVID-19 network
• Elsevier novel coronavirus information centre
• PHE collected research and commentary on COVID-19 from journals and preprint servers globally.

Additional resources

• Video: Coronavirus: re-thinking healthcare infection control precautions
• Video: Coronavirus: overview by Consultant Microbiologist and Infection Control Doctor
• Video: Coronavirus: safe use of surgical face masks
• NICE COVID-19 resources page
• RCPath COVID-19 resources hub
• British Society of Gastroenterology COVID guidance and advice
• British Thoracic Society COVID-19 guidance for the respiratory community
• Health Protection Scotland 
• Public Health Wales 
• Northern Ireland HSC Public Health Agency 
• British Infection Association 
• British Society of Antimicrobial Chemistry
• Infection Prevention Society

• Imperial College London MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis COVID-19 reports
• ESGLI guidance for keeping building water systems safe during the time of COVID-19 
• EPIC3: National Evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare-associated infections in NHS Hospitals in England 2014
• SHEA novel coronavirus resources 
• APIC COVID-19 resources 
• CDC COVID-19 information for healthcare professionals
• HIS guidelines on the use of respiratory and facial protection equipment 2013 | update planned
• RCP and COVID-19
• PHE Health Protection Report Vol. 14 contains an update on COVID-19 

• Worldometer brings together estimated current numbers based on statistics and projections from sources including the United Nations Population Division, World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank. They summarise the current data on the mortality rate of COVID-19: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-death-rate/

Graphics

• Downloadable social media graphics

Support

• Support for IPC healthcare workers