Rapidly increasing cumulative incidence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the European Union/European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, 1 January to 15 March 2020
Pete Kinross, C. Suetens, Joana Gomes Dias, Leonidas Alexakis, Ariana Wijermans, Edoardo Colzani, Dominique L. Monnet
Abstract
The cumulative incidence of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases is showing similar trends in European Union/European Economic Area countries and the United Kingdom confirming that, while at a different stage depending on the country, the COVID-19 pandemic is progressing rapidly in all countries. Based on the experience from Italy, countries, hospitals and intensive care units should increase their preparedness for a surge of patients with COVID-19 who will require healthcare, and in particular intensive care.
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European unionPandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PreparednessIncidence (geometry)Health careCumulative incidenceIntensive care2019-20 coronavirus outbreakMedicineSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Environmental healthGeographyDiseaseEconomic growthPolitical scienceBusinessInfectious disease (medical specialty)VirologyOutbreakIntensive care medicineInternational tradeEconomicsSurgeryOpticsLawTransplantationPhysicsPathologyCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts