《LANCET,3月5日,Taking the right measures to control COVID-19》

  • 来源专题:COVID-19科研动态监测
  • 编译者: zhangmin
  • 发布时间:2020-03-06
  • Taking the right measures to control COVID-19

    Yonghong Xiao

    Mili Estee Torok

    Published:March 05, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30152-3

    The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which originated in Wuhan, China, in December, 2019, has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by WHO.1 By March 2, 2020, 80?026 confirmed cases had been reported in China, causing 2009 deaths, and the epidemic had spread to 25 countries around the world.2 On Jan 20, 2020, China declared the disease a second-class infectious disease but has introduced management measures for a first-class infectious disease (considered the most dangerous category of infection).

  • 原文来源:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30152-3/fulltext
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