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Since the outbreak in Wuhan city in December 2019, there has been a surge of newly diagnosed cases with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) globally [1–4]. The total number has reached to 101 927 laboratory-confirmed cases as of 8 March, 2020 [5]. An increasing number of countries have issued alerts of the highest level.
Abstract
Early protection, early identification, early diagnosis, and early isolation are crucial to combat COVID-19 outbreaks https://bit.ly/38ZZYQg
Acknowledgement
We thank W. Ian Lipkin (Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA) for his insightful suggestions.
Footnotes
Author contributions: Wei-jie Guan, Rong-chang Chen and Nan-shan Zhong drafted the manuscript, provided critical review of the manuscript and approved the final draft for publication.
Conflict of interest: Wei-jie Guan has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Rong-chang Chen has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: Nan-shan Zhong reports grants from National Health Commission, National Natural Science Foundation and Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province, during the conduct of the study.
Support statement: Supported by National Health Commission, National Natural Science Foundation, Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province. Funding information for this article has been deposited with the Crossref Funder Registry.
- Received March 8, 2020.
- Accepted March 13, 2020.
- Copyright ©ERS 2020
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