A Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak from Wuhan City in China, Rapid Need for Emergency Departments Preparedness and Response; a Letter to Editor
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine,
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2020),
7 January 2020
,
Page e12
https://doi.org/10.22037/aaem.v8i1.565
Abstract
On 31 December 2019, Chinese authorities reported the increase in incidence of severe pneumonia in Wuhan city, Hubei province of China. One week later, on January 7th, they confirmed that they had identified a new coronavirus, which is a family of microRNA respiratory viruses including the common cold, and viruses such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). This new virus was temporarily named “2019-nCoVâ€. Wuhan city is a major international transport hub. This report to World Health Organization (WHO), raised global public health concern because this is the third coronavirus –associated acute respiratory illness outbreak.
- COVID-2019
- Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
- Wuhan City
- China
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