Experiences of surveillance, influential factors, and prevention to end the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

• 来源期刊: 全球健康杂志（英文）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（1）
• 所属期刊栏目: SPECIAL ISSUE ON DYNAMICS,IMPACT,AND PREVENTION OF THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019(COVID-19) PANDEMIC
• 页码范围: 1-3
• 页数: 3页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious respiratory disease.COVID-19 is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, previously provisionally named 2019 novel coronavirus or 2019-nCoV).1 This positive and enveloped single-strain RNA virus shares many similarities with two other coronavirus, including the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV).2 On December 31, 2019, the WHO China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology (unknown cause) detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China.3 As of 4:45 pm CET, February 7, 2021, COVID-19 cases were confirmed in almost all countries in the world with a total of 105 394 301 infected and 2 302 302 deaths.