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Comment
. 2020 Jul:96:548-549.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.069. Epub 2020 May 26.

Positive effects of COVID-19 control measures on pneumonia prevention

Di Wu  1 , Jianyun Lu  2 , Lan Cao  3 , Xiaowei Ma  4 , Qun Liu  5 , Yanhui Liu  6 , Zhoubin Zhang  7
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Positive effects of COVID-19 control measures on pneumonia prevention

Di Wu et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 Jul.

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Abstract

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    Pneumonia can be stopped while fight against the SARS-COV-2 outbreak.

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    Pneumonia cases (except COVID-19 cases) were dramatically decreased since the control measures were onset.

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    Other respiratory infection diseases may also to some extent be stopped while fighting against the pandemic of COVID-19.

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Positive effects of COVID-19 control measures on pneumonia prevention. (A) The reported cases of COVID-19 in Guangzhou City. (B) The positive rate of the specimens of the first 10 weeks of the year, China. (C) The reported cases of influenza in Guangzhou City. (D) The weekly reported cases of out-patient pneumonia in Guangzhou City. (E) The weekly reported cases of in-patient pneumonia in Guangzhou City.
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