Is prevention better than a cure? A letter to the editor on "World Health Organization declares global emergency: A review of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19)"

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¹ Leicester Medical School, George Davies Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 7HA, United Kingdom.
² GKT School of Medical Education, Kings College London, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 1UL, United Kingdom. Electronic address: yaser.hamza@kcl.ac.uk.
³ GKT School of Medical Education, Kings College London, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 1UL, United Kingdom.

Comment

Immanuel Sani et al. Int J Surg. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug:80:51-52.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.06.043. Epub 2020 Jul 2.

¹ Leicester Medical School, George Davies Centre, Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 7HA, United Kingdom.
² GKT School of Medical Education, Kings College London, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 1UL, United Kingdom. Electronic address: yaser.hamza@kcl.ac.uk.
³ GKT School of Medical Education, Kings College London, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 1UL, United Kingdom.

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World Health Organization declares global emergency: A review of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
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