A commentary on "World Health Organization declares global emergency: A review of the 2019 novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)"

Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah; Alexandra Farrow

doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.03.001

A commentary on "World Health Organization declares global emergency: A review of the 2019 novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)"

Int J Surg. 2020 Apr:76:128-129. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.03.001. Epub 2020 Mar 10.

Authors

Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah¹, Alexandra Farrow²

Affiliations

¹ NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, England, UK. Electronic address: Sarwar.Shah@ouh.nhs.uk.
² College of Health and Life Sciences, Department of Clinical Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: Coronavirus; Covid-19; Epidemic; Epidemiology; Health emergency; Infectious disease; Outbreak; Pandemic; Preventative measures; Public fear; Public health; Quarantine; Social and economic implications.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections*
Coronavirus*
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral
SARS-CoV-2
World Health Organization