2019 Novel Coronavirus: Where We are and What We Know

Abstract

There is a current worldwide outbreak of a new type of coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which originated from China and has now spread to 17 other countries. Governments are under increase pressure to stop the outbreak spiraling into a global health emergency. At this stage, preparedness, transparency and sharing of information are crucial to risk assessments and beginning outbreak control activities. This information should include reports from outbreak sites, and from laboratories supporting the investigation. This paper aggregates and consolidates the virology, epidemiology, clinical management strategies from both English and Chinese literature, official news channels and other official government documents. In addition, by fitting the number of infections with a single-term exponential model, we report that the infection is spreading at an exponential rate, with a doubling period of 1.8 days.

COVID-19 no estado do Ceará, Brasil: comportamentos e crenças na chegada da pandemia

“…Moreover, the higher perception of greater risk of COVID-19 infection by women is perhaps because the study included many health professionals who are at higher risk since the health sector's workforce is predominantly female. However, infection by COVID-19 seems to have a gender preference 32,33 . Chen et al found a higher number of men infected by COVID-19 than women.…”

“…The city of Fortaleza had a thousand deaths in a single day in a smallpox epidemic that occurred in 1868 17,35 . People of all ages can be infected with coronavirus 33 . In this study, the group aged 20-39 years considered having a high risk of infection (Table 2).…”

“…In this study, the group aged 20-39 years considered having a high risk of infection (Table 2). Approximately 72% of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection are 40 years of age or older 33 . Additionally, older adults are considered a factor of concern for contamination with COVID-19, since increasing age is associated with death 36 .…”

The Anxiety Status of Chinese Medical Workers During the Epidemic of COVID-19: A Meta-Analysis

“…From SARS in 2003 to H5N1 in 2004, from Influenza A (H1N1) in 2009 to COVID-19 in 2019, it is reported that new acute respiratory infectious diseases are the ones having the highest mortality. 2,3 Due to the COVID-19 is highly contagious, widespread and there is no specific drug, 4,5 medical workers are facing hitherto unknown challenges in both physical and men-vestigators.…”

Successful COVID-19 rescue therapy by extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for respiratory failure: a case report

“…The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic is associated with a high estimated case-fatality rate of around 3.5% [1][2][3][4][5]. The main clinical feature of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is represented by bilateral pneumonia with radiological signs of ground glass opacification [6].…”