Shunqing Xu Yuanyuan Li Published: April 08, 2020 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30845-X The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which began in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, has spread to 203 countries as of March 30, 2020, and has been officially declared a global pandemic. (1) With unprecedented public health interventions, local transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome […]
Nian Xiong Tao Wang Zhicheng Lin Published: April 07, 2020 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30263-2 We read with interest Adam Kucharski and colleagues’ mathematical modelling study of the early dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). (1) We agree that a stochastic transmission model might best fit with the reality around the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, which was the origin […]
Weituo Zhang Bi-yun Qian Published: April 07, 2020 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30280-2 On March 11, 2020, WHO declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic. Aggressive actions should be taken immediately to mitigate the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. In their Comment, Yonghong Xiao and Mili Estee Torok (1) rightly stated that infection […]
Jason Phua, MRCP Li Weng, MD Lowell Ling, MRCP Moritoki Egi, MD Prof Chae-Man Lim, MD Prof Jigeeshu Vasishtha Divatia, MD et al. Published: April 06, 2020 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30161-2 Summary As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads across the world, the intensive care unit (ICU) community must prepare for the challenges associated with this pandemic. Streamlining of […]