Author reply to Letters to the Editor "COVID-19 pneumonia in Taiwan"

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Sinwu Branch, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Sinwu Branch, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
³ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Sinwu Branch, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Family Medicine, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan. Electronic address: kingjen@mail.tygh.gov.tw.

Comment

Shao-Chung Cheng et al. J Formos Med Assoc. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;119(5):999.

doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2020.03.011. Epub 2020 Apr 2.

¹ Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Sinwu Branch, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Sinwu Branch, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
³ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Sinwu Branch, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Family Medicine, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taoyuan, Taiwan. Electronic address: kingjen@mail.tygh.gov.tw.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.

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