NEW CORONAVIRAL INFECTION COVID-19. ETIOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS. DIAGNOSTICS OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION
Abstract
Relevance: On December 31, 2019, Chinese authorities reported the first cases of new pneumonia caused by a previously unknown pathogen. The infection was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, PRC. The number of cases in China as of 02/29/2020 is 79,251 people, the deat are 2,835, and the infection has also spread to the countries of Asia, North America, Eurhsope: Thailand, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Nepal, Taiwan, Singapur, Australia, USA, Canada, France, Germany. In total, 85,681 people were infected in the world, of which 2,933 died.
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