Nationwide survey of COVID-19 prevention measures in Japanese radiotherapy departments via online questionnaire for radiation oncologists

Coronaviruses are pathogens that target the human respiratory system. Previous outbreaks of coronaviruses include severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) [1] and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) [2]. In December, 2019, an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown cause was reported in Wuhan, China [3]. Chinese scientists rapidly identified the causative agent as a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) by sequencing the complete genome from lower respiratory tract samples of patients in Wuhan [4]. The WHO named this disease “coronavirus disease 2019” (COVID-19).
Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: COVID-19 Rapid Letter Source Type: research