Strategies for the prevention and management of coronavirus disease 2019
Wei‐jie Guan, Rongchang Chen, Nanshan Zhong
Abstract
Since the outbreak in Wuhan city in December 2019, there has been a surge of newly diagnosed cases with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) globally [1–4]. The total number has reached to 101 927 laboratory-confirmed cases as of 8 March, 2020 [5]. An increasing number of countries have issued alerts of the highest level. Early protection, early identification, early diagnosis, and early isolation are crucial to combat COVID-19 outbreaks <https://bit.ly/38ZZYQg> We thank W. Ian Lipkin (Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA) for his insightful suggestions.
Topics & Concepts
OutbreakMedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Isolation (microbiology)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Public healthCoronavirus2019-20 coronavirus outbreakDiseaseEnvironmental healthVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyBiologyMicrobiologyCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchCOVID-19 epidemiological studies