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RESEARCH PRODUCT
COVID-19 and globalization
Malcolm K. JonesSantiago Mas-comaAileen Martysubject
education.field_of_studylcsh:R5-920Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PopulationPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthDisease clustermedicine.diseaseMetropolitan areaPneumoniaGlobalizationGeographyEditorialInfectious DiseasesPandemicmedicineSocioeconomicseducationChinalcsh:Medicine (General)description
The world is experiencing a major pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, the Coronavirus causing COVID-19. This disease first entered the human population in Hubei province, China, in mid-November 2019 and manifested in Wuhan, the largest metropolitan area of Hubei, when a cluster of patients were admitted to hospital with a ‘severe pneumonia of unknown cause’ in early December. Although humanity has survived previous pandemics by infectious agents, the present one is unprecedented in its capacity to take advantage of modern globalization allowing for massive transborder spread at a surprising speed. When writing these lines, the pandemic affects 181 countries and territories, with around 1,084,000 infected subjects, more than 58,000 deaths and 225,000 recovered patients, according to the Johns Hopkins University [1].
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-01 | One Health |