A Critical Appraisal of COVID-19 in Malaysia and Beyond

When the first report of COVID-19 appeared in December 2019 from Wuhan, China, the world unknowingly perceived this as another flu-like illness. Many were surprised at the extreme steps that China had subsequently taken to seal Wuhan from the rest of the world. However, by February 2020, the SARS-Co...

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Autores principales: Abdullah, Jafri Malin, Wan Ismail, Wan Faisham Nu’man, Mohamad, Irfan, Ab Razak, Asrenee, Harun, Azian, Musa, Kamarul Imran, Lee, Yeong Yeh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7153689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32308536
http://dx.doi.org/10.21315/mjms2020.27.2.1
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Sumario:When the first report of COVID-19 appeared in December 2019 from Wuhan, China, the world unknowingly perceived this as another flu-like illness. Many were surprised at the extreme steps that China had subsequently taken to seal Wuhan from the rest of the world. However, by February 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, had spread so quickly across the globe that the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic. COVID-19 is not the first pandemic the world has seen, so what makes it so unique in Malaysia, is discussed to avoid a future coronacoma.

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