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About the Course

Welcome to ‘Science Matters: Let's Talk about COVID-19’, from the Jameel Institute at Imperial College London. The outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) is the most significant public health emergency of the 21st century so far. As the epidemic spreads, people around the world want to understand the science behind the most pressing questions: how many people have been infected? How dangerous is the virus? When will a vaccine be available? How can the epidemic be contained, and the damages mitigated? What is the economic impact? What’s the role of social media and local communities in the epidemic response? Researchers at the Jameel Institute and other research institutes at Imperial College London have been at the forefront of the response to the COVID-19 emergency, with clinical, epidemiological and social science analyses informing the outbreak response. They are generating robust empirical evidence that governments and international agencies are using around the world to plan their responses. On this course, you will hear directly from our world-class experts about the theory behind the analyses of COVID-19 and its spread, while learning how to interpret new information using core principles of public health, epidemiology, medicine, health economics, and social science. You will be able to watch regular situation reports about the state of the epidemic, provided by the researchers of J-IDEA and its director Professor Neil Ferguson. If you want to learn even more about these topics, a number of free MOOCs are available from Imperial College London. We also offer a fully online Global Master of Public Health for those of you who want to delve even deeper and join our professional community. Please note: This course was launched in February 2020 and we have continued to develop content as the COVID-19 situation progresses and new insights emerge. While we endeavour to include the most recent information, this is a fast-moving situation and information is constantly changing. This course is to be used for educational purposes only and is open to all and free of charge. The information in this course does not constitute clinical or other advice and must not be used for the purposes of providing any clinical or other advice. If you have any health concerns, please refer to your regional health authorities’ guidelines and consult a medical professional. Please note the views expressed by individuals in the course content do not necessarily reflect those of Imperial College London, the Jameel Institute and any other funding partners. Imperial College London, the Jameel Institute and any other funding partners shall not be liable, to the maximum extent permitted by law, for any loss suffered or for any other adverse or negative consequence arising directly or indirectly from your reliance on the information contained in this course....

Top reviews

DH

Aug 27, 2020

It is very much knowledge oriented and target oriented specific learning.

KK

Jul 9, 2020

Excellent course for awareness of Covid 19 during this pandemic period .

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By منيرة م ع م

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Jun 30, 2021

شكرا

By Zaki D

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Mar 19, 2020

Great to have this course in real time.

Please input the date of each lesson or video as this is it most relevant in this case.

allow audio to be turned louder to enable listening in different environments, like outside.

Keep this up.

By Thasni R A J

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Oct 10, 2020

I hope I have finished my course but still I didn’t get my certificate and notification about I have finished the course .plz I have finished all my week schedules and give my certificate

By Varnikaa S

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Oct 27, 2024

Very interesting and well put together, only downside was waiting months to receive feedback on my peer-reviewed assignments.

By Krishnamoorthy

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Jan 23, 2021

This course helpful for diagnosis and treatment of covid19

By MIGUEL A I D

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Apr 15, 2020

Es gratis el certificado ?

By CH.AVINASH, E 1 V C

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Apr 30, 2020

Very nice

By Jennifer K

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Aug 18, 2021

I was under the impression, that this is a certificate course, but unfortunately Coursera Learner Services / support confirmed it didn't. Since this course offers no certificate, it'll remain in your "in progress" section until you either unenroll or ask Coursera to manually move it to the "completed" section, which might take multiple mails and persistence. That's something Coursera could improve upon.

Some parts of this course have embedded windows. They look like three windows within each other, having a tiny font and my browser is unable to zoom in. Sometimes, they just display a grey box. It would be great, if the course creators could use technologies, which are more accessible, so everybody taking this course can do every part.

Unfortunately, like with many Coursera courses it is really cumbersome to download parts of the course: some pages aren't printed completely and there's no option to download the whole course.

The course itself was informative. It's a shame it wasn't updated more to reflect the newest findings about COVID-19.

By MOEEN J

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Aug 5, 2020

Very difficult going to computer or laptop

By Joyce M A

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Aug 10, 2021

Does anyone ever finish the course?

By ASIF A

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Apr 30, 2020

Good

By Claudio D S

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Jan 14, 2021

This course was completed and, however, I still see it as "in progress". I understand it has no certificate, but I can not understand why Imperial College and Coursera could not answer all students that complain about it.

By CARLOS M A R

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Nov 2, 2020

this covid Course doesnt allow the student to reschedule dates, so i cant complete the only one remaining task i need to complete in order to get the diploma

By Andrey S

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Mar 19, 2020

just a lot of word about general statistics and absolutely nothing about the virus itself

By Manan S

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Jun 14, 2020

Very boring and old. New updayed information is must

By Katharina A

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Mar 31, 2020

So far useless

By Jose R M

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Mar 22, 2020

Out of date