Successful containment of COVID-19: the WHO-Report on the COVID-19 outbreak in China

doi:10.1007/s15010-020-01409-4

Editorial

. 2020 Apr;48(2):151-153.

doi: 10.1007/s15010-020-01409-4.

Successful containment of COVID-19: the WHO-Report on the COVID-19 outbreak in China

Bernd Salzberger^{1

2}, Thomas Glück³, Boris Ehrenstein⁴

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¹ Department Infection Control and Infectious Disease, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. Bernd.salzberger@ukr.de.
² Abt. Krankenhaushygiene und Infektiologie, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany. Bernd.salzberger@ukr.de.
³ Department Internal Medicine, Kreisklinikum Trostberg, Trostberg, Germany.
⁴ Department Rheumatology, Asklepios Medical Center, Bad Abbach, Germany.

PMID: 32185635
PMCID: PMC7095462
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-020-01409-4

Editorial

Successful containment of COVID-19: the WHO-Report on the COVID-19 outbreak in China

Bernd Salzberger et al. Infection. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;48(2):151-153.

doi: 10.1007/s15010-020-01409-4.

Authors

Bernd Salzberger^{1

2}, Thomas Glück³, Boris Ehrenstein⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department Infection Control and Infectious Disease, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. Bernd.salzberger@ukr.de.
² Abt. Krankenhaushygiene und Infektiologie, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany. Bernd.salzberger@ukr.de.
³ Department Internal Medicine, Kreisklinikum Trostberg, Trostberg, Germany.
⁴ Department Rheumatology, Asklepios Medical Center, Bad Abbach, Germany.

PMID: 32185635
PMCID: PMC7095462
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-020-01409-4

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. BS has received honoraria for educational material from AbbVie, Chiesi, the Falk Foundation and for consultations for GSK, Sanofi, Roche.

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**Fig. 1**
COVID-19 cases/death in China by day. Daily cases and deaths in China, case count for February 13 truncated (change of case definition, 16,119 cases in the part retrospectively reported) (adapted from 3)

**Fig. 2**
CFR Hubei and China outside Hubei. CFR in Hubei (orange) and in China outside Hubei province (black), calculated from daily cumulative case and deaths numbers. Horizontal lines indicate current status (adapted from 3)

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[1] Reed C, Biggerstaff M, Finelli L, et al. Novel framework for assessing epidemiologic effects of influenza epidemics and pandemics. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013;19:85–91. doi: 10.3201/eid1901.120124. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Reed C, Biggerstaff M, Finelli L, et al. Novel framework for assessing epidemiologic effects of influenza epidemics and pandemics. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013;19:85–91. doi: 10.3201/eid1901.120124. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] WHO . Infection prevention and control during health care when novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection is suspected Interim guidance. Geneva: WHO; 2020.

[4] WHO . Infection prevention and control during health care when novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection is suspected Interim guidance. Geneva: WHO; 2020.

[5] WHO. Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situatio... Accessed 01 Mar 2020.

[6] WHO. Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) situation reports. https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situatio... Accessed 01 Mar 2020.

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