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A Novel Coronavirus Outbreak from Wuhan City in China, Rapid Need for Emergency Departments Preparedness and Response; a Letter to Editor.

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: On 31 December 2019, Chinese authorities reported the increase in incidence of severe pneumonia in Wuhan city, Hubei province of China. One week later, on January 7th, they confirmed that they had identified a new coronavirus, which is a family of microRNA respiratory viruses including the common cold, and viruses such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). This new virus was temporarily named â€œ2019-nCoVâ€. Wuhan city is a major international transport hub. This report to World Health Organization (WHO), raised global public health concern because this is the third coronavirus â€“associated acute respiratory illness outbreak.

Source: Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine

DOI: 10.22037/aaem.v8i1.565

Author: Mostafa Alavi-Moghaddam

Institutions: Imam Hossein Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

Language: English

Topic: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3006236663

FWCI: 0.919

Cites: 2

Cited by: 26

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