2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease, Australia - Epidemiology Report 1 (Reporting week 26 January – 1 February 2020)
Liz J. Walker, 2019-nCoV National Incident Room Surveillance Team
Abstract
This is the first epidemiological report of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) acute respiratory disease infections reported in Australia at 19:00 Australian Eastern Daylight Time [AEDT] 1 February 2020. It includes data on Australian cases notified during the week 26 January to 1 February 2020 and in the previous week (19 to 25 January 2020), the international situation and current information on the severity, transmission and spread of the 2019-nCoV infection.
Topics & Concepts
EpidemiologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPandemicTransmission (telecommunications)DiseasePediatricsEmergency medicineIntensive care medicineVirologyInternal medicineOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)Electrical engineeringEngineeringCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesZoonotic diseases and public health