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Appraisal of China's Response to the Outbreak of COVID-19 in Comparison With SARS

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, was first reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has since become a pandemic. The COVID-19 containment measures were comparable to those used with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), althoug...

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Autores principales: Li, Jiajia, Li, Shixue, Cao, Wuchun, Wang, Zhongli, Liang, Zhuohui, Fu, Wenhao, Zhao, Jinfeng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8292770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34307279
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.679540
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author Li, Jiajia
Li, Shixue
Cao, Wuchun
Wang, Zhongli
Liang, Zhuohui
Fu, Wenhao
Zhao, Jinfeng
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description Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, was first reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has since become a pandemic. The COVID-19 containment measures were comparable to those used with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), although these were stricter and more organized, and were initiated earlier and on a larger scale. Based on the lessons learned from SARS, the Chinese government acted aggressively in response to COVID-19, through a unified and effective commanding system, using law-based and science-driven strategies, and coordinated deployment of medical resources. Additionally, the application of high-tech measures, traditional Chinese medicine, and hierarchical medical systems also played an important role in control measures. Despite the remarkable performance, the initial delay in response suggests that the coordination between public health and medical services, reserve and coordination of emergency materials, and capacity for disease control and prevention need to be strengthened.
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spelling pubmed-82927702021-07-22 Appraisal of China's Response to the Outbreak of COVID-19 in Comparison With SARS Li, Jiajia Li, Shixue Cao, Wuchun Wang, Zhongli Liang, Zhuohui Fu, Wenhao Zhao, Jinfeng Front Public Health Public Health Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, was first reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has since become a pandemic. The COVID-19 containment measures were comparable to those used with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), although these were stricter and more organized, and were initiated earlier and on a larger scale. Based on the lessons learned from SARS, the Chinese government acted aggressively in response to COVID-19, through a unified and effective commanding system, using law-based and science-driven strategies, and coordinated deployment of medical resources. Additionally, the application of high-tech measures, traditional Chinese medicine, and hierarchical medical systems also played an important role in control measures. Despite the remarkable performance, the initial delay in response suggests that the coordination between public health and medical services, reserve and coordination of emergency materials, and capacity for disease control and prevention need to be strengthened. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8292770/ /pubmed/34307279 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.679540 Text en Copyright © 2021 Li, Li, Cao, Wang, Liang, Fu and Zhao. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Li, Jiajia
Li, Shixue
Cao, Wuchun
Wang, Zhongli
Liang, Zhuohui
Fu, Wenhao
Zhao, Jinfeng
Appraisal of China's Response to the Outbreak of COVID-19 in Comparison With SARS
title Appraisal of China's Response to the Outbreak of COVID-19 in Comparison With SARS
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title_fullStr Appraisal of China's Response to the Outbreak of COVID-19 in Comparison With SARS
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title_short Appraisal of China's Response to the Outbreak of COVID-19 in Comparison With SARS
title_sort appraisal of china's response to the outbreak of covid-19 in comparison with sars
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8292770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34307279
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.679540
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