Combating COVID-19 : lessons learnt particularly among developing countries and the implications
Godman, Brian (2020) Combating COVID-19 : lessons learnt particularly among developing countries and the implications. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 19 (Specia). pp. 103-108. ISSN 2076-0299 (https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v19i0.48413)
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Abstract
We believe COVID-19 was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. By 19 July 2020 there were already 14.349 million cases and over 603,000 deaths worldwide give a case fatality ratio among confirmed cases of 4.21%. this includes Bangladesh with 204,525 confirmed cases by 19 July and 2618 deaths; however, recognising appreciable underreporting. Since COVID-19 is principally spread through droplet infection and physical contact, with an appreciable number of patients asymptomatic and currently no vaccine, current prevention strategies have centred on active testing, lockdown, closure of borders coupled with quarantining, sanitisation and social distancing.
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Item type: Article ID code: 73340 Dates: DateEvent27 July 2020Published24 July 2020AcceptedSubjects: Medicine > Public aspects of medicine > Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Department: Faculty of Science > Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 27 Jul 2020 11:42 Last modified: 03 Oct 2024 00:33 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/73340