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Zhong Nan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2020 Mar 28;45(3):334-337. doi: 10.11817/j.issn.1672-7347.2020.200103.
Unprecedented action has been taken to contain the epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 in China.
[Article in Chinese, English; Abstract available in Chinese from the publisher]
Wu T[SUP]1[/SUP], Hu E[SUP]2[/SUP], Zeng W[SUP]2[/SUP], Zhang H[SUP]2[/SUP], Xue X[SUP]2[/SUP], Ma J[SUP]3[/SUP].
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The current outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China, has posed significant threats to international health. By Feb. 20, 2020, 74 576 cases have been confirmed and over 2 118 deaths have reported in the Chinese mainland. Chinese administrations have carried out immediate and prompt measures to stop the spread of the virus. Wuhan city has been shut down since Jan. 23, and more than 30 thousand medical workers have been recruited to Hubei province. Two temporary hospitals were constructed to treat severe pneumonia patients, and 15 mobile cabin hospitals were built to treat mild pneumonia cases. Significant improvement regarding the pathogenesis, epidemiology, and diagnosis and therapy for the COVID-19 has been achieved to stop the spread of the epidemics.
KEYWORDS:
China; Wuhan; coronavirus disease 2019; epidemiology; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
PMID:32386027DOI:10.11817/j.issn.1672-7347.2020.200103
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Unprecedented action has been taken to contain the epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 in China.
[Article in Chinese, English; Abstract available in Chinese from the publisher]
Wu T[SUP]1[/SUP], Hu E[SUP]2[/SUP], Zeng W[SUP]2[/SUP], Zhang H[SUP]2[/SUP], Xue X[SUP]2[/SUP], Ma J[SUP]3[/SUP].
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Abstract
in English, Chinese
The current outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan, China, has posed significant threats to international health. By Feb. 20, 2020, 74 576 cases have been confirmed and over 2 118 deaths have reported in the Chinese mainland. Chinese administrations have carried out immediate and prompt measures to stop the spread of the virus. Wuhan city has been shut down since Jan. 23, and more than 30 thousand medical workers have been recruited to Hubei province. Two temporary hospitals were constructed to treat severe pneumonia patients, and 15 mobile cabin hospitals were built to treat mild pneumonia cases. Significant improvement regarding the pathogenesis, epidemiology, and diagnosis and therapy for the COVID-19 has been achieved to stop the spread of the epidemics.
KEYWORDS:
China; Wuhan; coronavirus disease 2019; epidemiology; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
PMID:32386027DOI:10.11817/j.issn.1672-7347.2020.200103
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