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. 2020 Jun;45(4):313-315.
doi: 10.1007/s00059-020-04932-0.

Characteristics of COVID-19 pandemic and public health consequences

Andreas Stang  1   2 , Fabian Standl  3 , Karl-Heinz Jöckel  3
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Characteristics of COVID-19 pandemic and public health consequences

Andreas Stang et al. Herz. 2020 Jun.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

A. Stang, F. Standl and K.‑H. Jöckel declare that they have no competing interests.

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a Association between age at diagnosis of COVID-19 and case fatality in Italy (up to March 16, 2020), Spain (up to March 22, 2020), the United States (up to March 16, 2020), and Germany (up to April 17, 2020). b, c Reported daily number of new corona cases and cumulative number of new corona cases until April 20, 2019 in Germany (vertical dotted lines: Sundays; vertical blue line: start of the lockdown in Germany; the cut-off in the number of new cases reported on Sundays is due to the fact that not all health authorities report new cases to the Robert Koch Institute on Sundays and therefore is an artifact)
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