d’Andrea, Valeria
Trentini, Filippo
Marziano, Valentina
Zardini, Agnese
Manica, Mattia
Guzzetta, Giorgio
Ajelli, Marco
Petrone, Daniele
Del Manso, Martina
Sacco, Chiara
Andrianou, Xanthi
Bella, Antonino
Riccardo, Flavia
Pezzotti, Patrizio
Poletti, Piero
Merler, Stefano
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Commission (PE00000007, INF-ACT, PE00000007, INF-ACT, PE00000007, INF-ACT, 874850, PE00000007, INF-ACT, PE00000007, INF-ACT, PE00000007, INF-ACT, PE00000007, INF-ACT, PE00000007, INF-ACT)
Article History
Received: 19 July 2023
Accepted: 22 April 2024
First Online: 29 April 2024
Declarations
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: The collection of data used for this manuscript is compulsory in Italy according to national laws on infectious diseases, and ethical approval for the conduction of this study was unnecessary according to national legislation, as detailed as follows. The COVID-19 Italian National Working group on Bioethics has stated that consent (verbal consent and/or informed written consent) for the collection of this data in the context of the COVID-19 emergency is not mandatory (Rapporto ISS COVID-19 no. 34/2020, based on Guideline 12 of the WHO on ethical issues in public health surveillance and national legislation: Decreto del Ministro della Salute 30/4/2020, DPCM 26/4/2020 allegato 10; art. 14 Decreto Legge 9/3/2020). The legal ordinance no. 640 of 28 February 2020, explicitly declares Istituto Superiore di SanitĂ as entitled to collect data for COVID-19 surveillance and contact tracing and that such data can be used and shared, upon anonymisation, to advance scientific knowledge on this new disease.
: Not applicable.
: MA has received research funding from Seqirus. The funding is not related to COVID-19. All other authors declare no competing interest.