Abstract
Hong Kong has been recently attacked by the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). In late January 2020, it's shown a steadily increasing trend of confirmed cases. There is a 257 in total infected cases confirmed including 4 deaths until 20th of March 2020. To prevent further outbreak of COVID-19, this article discusses the current understanding of COVID-19 and compares with the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in 2003 of Hong Kong from the causes, transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments and preventions to study for an applicable measurement to control COVID-19.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 156-163 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 94 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 2020 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Causes
- Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)
- Diagnosis
- Hong Kong
- Preventions
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- Symptoms
- Transmission
- Treatments
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