COVID-19: learning from experience

Type Journal Article Author The Lancet URL https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30686-3/abstract Rights Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. except certain content provided by third parties. Series Editorial Volume 395 Issue 10229 Pages 1011 Publication The Lancet ISSN 0140-6736, 1474-547X Date 28/03/2020 Extra Publisher: Elsevier PMID: 32222181 Journal Abbr The Lancet DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30686-3 Library Catalog www.thelancet.com Language English Abstract Over the past 2 weeks, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has marched relentlessly westward. On March 13, WHO said that Europe was now the centre of the pandemic. A few days later, deaths in Italy surpassed those in China. Iran and Spain had also reported over 1000 deaths as of March 23, and many other European countries and the USA reported increasing numbers of cases, heralding an imminent wave of fatalities. Following the sweep of COVID-19 is a series of dramatic containment measures that reflect the scale of the threat posed by the pandemic. Short Title COVID-19