World Health Organization declares global emergency: A review of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
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- 26 February 2020
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in International Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 76, 71-76
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.02.034
Abstract
An unprecedented outbreak of pneumonia of unknown aetiology in Wuhan City, Hubei province in China emerged in December 2019. A novel coronavirus was identified as the causative agent and was subsequently termed COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Considered a relative of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), COVID-19 is caused by a betacoronavirus named SARS-CoV-2 that affects the lower respiratory tract and manifests as pneumonia in humans. Despite rigorous global containment and quarantine efforts, the incidence of COVID-19 continues to rise, with 90,870 laboratory-confirmed cases and over 3,000 deaths worldwide. In response to this global outbreak, we summarise the current state of knowledge surrounding COVID-19.Keywords
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