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Comment
. 2020 Apr:76:128-129.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.03.001. Epub 2020 Mar 10.

A commentary on "World Health Organization declares global emergency: A review of the 2019 novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)"

Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah  1 , Alexandra Farrow  2
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Comment

A commentary on "World Health Organization declares global emergency: A review of the 2019 novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)"

Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah et al. Int J Surg. 2020 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Coronavirus; Covid-19; Epidemic; Epidemiology; Health emergency; Infectious disease; Outbreak; Pandemic; Preventative measures; Public fear; Public health; Quarantine; Social and economic implications.

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