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. 2020 Mar 9:5:9.
doi: 10.1186/s41256-020-00140-9. eCollection 2020.

The novel coronavirus outbreak: what can be learned from China in public reporting?

Hao Li  1 , Xinguang Chen  1   2 , Hao Huang  3
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The novel coronavirus outbreak: what can be learned from China in public reporting?

Hao Li et al. Glob Health Res Policy. .

Abstract

The new coronavirus outbreak gets everyone's attention. China's national actions against the outbreak have contributed great contributions to the world. China has been learning from practice for better reporting and is fast to adapt itself. In this article we discuss China's practice in public reporting and its implications to global health. Confirmed cases, dynamic suspected cases, recovered cases, and deaths have been reported both in accumulative numbers and their daily updates. Some ratio indictors reporting (fatality rate, recovery rate, etc.), trend reporting, and global surveillance have been applied as well. Some improvements can still be made. It is necessary to further explore the influential factors behind the indicators for interventions. Recommendations are made to the World Health Organization and other countries for better public reporting and surveillance.

Keywords: 2019-nCoV; COVID-19; China; Coronavirus outbreak; Epidemic; Indicators; Pandemic; Public reporting; SARS-CoV-2; Surveillance.

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Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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