[An update on the epidemiological characteristics of novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19)].
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Abstract
, and elderly men with underlying diseases were at a higher risk of death. Strategies for prevention and control of NCP include improving epidemic surveillance, quarantining the source of infection, speeding up the diagnosis of suspected cases, optimizing the management of close contacts, tightening prevention and control of cluster outbreaks and hospital infection, preventing possible rebound of the epidemic after people return to work from the Chinese Spring Festival holiday, and strengthening community prevention and control.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PneumoniaCoronavirusEpidemiology2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)VirologyBetacoronavirusMedicinePandemicPathologyOutbreakInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseHealthcare Systems and Public Health