PMMB COVID-19 Bulletin: United Kingdom (22nd April 2020)
Loh Teng‐Hern Tan, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Hooi‐Leng Ser, Jodi Woan‐Fei Law, Nurul‐Syakima Ab Mutalib, Learn−Han Lee
Abstract
COVID-19 has greatly impacted the world and posed an enormous public health threat. The United Kingdom is hit harder by the COVID-19 crisis than any other European countries, besides Italy, Spain and France. The UK government has come under heavy criticism for its response to COVID-19, with lack of preparedness, shortages of personal protective equipment and COVID-19 testing. Despite the lockdown is in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, UK death toll continues to surge. As of 21st April 2020, more than 120,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 16,000 deaths had been recorded in UK.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Death tollPreparedness2019-20 coronavirus outbreakTollEconomic shortageGovernment (linguistics)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)PandemicPersonal protective equipmentPublic healthPolitical scienceGeographyEconomic growthMedicineEnvironmental healthVirologyLawOutbreakEconomicsNursingInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseasePathologyLinguisticsPhilosophyImmunologyCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts