Methodological challenges of analysing COVID-19 data during the pandemic
Martin Wolkewitz, Livia Puljak
Abstract
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic [1]. The disease is caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which rapidly overwhelmed the entire world. The virus was first described in China in December 2019, in early January it was already characterized, and already on January 30, 2020, the outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, which later evolved into a pandemic [1].
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PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Public healthData collectionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Health careGlobal health2019-20 coronavirus outbreakChinaMedicineOutbreakPolitical scienceDiseaseNursingInfectious disease (medical specialty)VirologySociologyPathologyLawSocial scienceCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI