The role of close contacts tracking management in COVID-19 prevention: A cluster investigation in Jiaxing, China

Recently, there have been some studies of COVID-19 reported in this journal.1,2 The 2019 coronavirus outbreak has affected more than 60 countries. As of 6 March 2020, 100,326 patients have been reported, including 80,718 cases in China and 19,608 in other countries. The cause, a novel contagious respiratory virus named as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2), also known as COVID-19, is a serious threat to global public health, like severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in 2003 and middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in 2015.

Source: Journal of Infection - April 4, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Rui Ge, Yunpeng Qi, Yong Yan, Min Tian, Qijun Gu, Peigen Chen, Yuegen Shen, Zhongwen Chen Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research