Issue 4/2020 analyses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health situation of the adult population in Germany and the mental health of children and adolescents.

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Special Issue S11/2020 analyses the first COVID-19 wave in Germany focussing on disease severity.

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In Special S10/2020, a scoping review compiles evidence concerning changes to health care service availability and utilisation as well as possible impacts on health for selected groups of chronically ill people at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

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Special Issue S9/2020 analyses the development of general mortality for Germany as a whole as well as for a north German and a south German region during the COVID-19 pandemic for the population aged 65 and over.

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Special Issue S8/2020 examines the role of health behaviour in COVID-19 infection and the potential changes to health behaviour caused by the measures taken to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Special Issue S7/2020 analyses the association between social inequalities and COVID-19, based on COVID-19 surveillance data from Germany and a review of the current international literature.

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At a regional and local level, the COVID-19 pandemic has not spread out uniformly in Germany. In the CORONA-MONITORING lokal study, 2,000 participants of four municipalities which were especially affected will be tested for an active SARS-CoV-2 infection or a past infection. Special Issue S5/2020 presents the study protocol of CORONA-MONITORING lokal.

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Since the beginning of the year 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has spread globally at a tremendous pace. Special Issue S4/2020 of the Journal of Health Monitoring provides an overview of the highly dynamic current state of seroepidemiological studies with a particular focus on Germany.

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