Open Public Health Journal
Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2020, Pages 52-54
Beck, M.; Tobin, D.
Introduction
On December 31, 2019 Chinese health authorities reported an outbreak of atypical pneumonia in Wuhan, the 12 million person capital of Hubei province [1]. On January 7, 2020 this outbreak was linked to a novel coronavirus epidemic known as Covid-19 (or 2019-nCoV caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2) [2]. The WHO declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, 2020.
Keywords
Epidemiology