A Critical Appraisal of COVID-19 in Malaysia and Beyond
Jafri Malin Abdullah, Wan Faisham Wan Ismail, İrfan Mohamad, Asrenee Ab Razak, Azian Harun, Kamarul Imran Musa, Yeong Yeh Lee
Abstract
When the first report of COVID-19 appeared in December 2019 from Wuhan, China, the world unknowingly perceived this as another flu-like illness. Many were surprised at the extreme steps that China had subsequently taken to seal Wuhan from the rest of the world. However, by February 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, had spread so quickly across the globe that the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic. COVID-19 is not the first pandemic the world has seen, so what makes it so unique in Malaysia, is discussed to avoid a future coronacoma.
Topics & Concepts
PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)ChinaGlobe2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)GeographyVirologyEconomic growthPolitical scienceDevelopment economicsMedicineOutbreakDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)EconomicsPathologyOphthalmologyArchaeologyCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsCOVID-19 Prevention and Impact