Port Harcourt Medical Journal

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Year
: 2020  |  Volume : 14  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 91--92

Coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic and its very high risk of international spread


Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava 
 Member of the Medical Education Unit and Institute Research Council, Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth – Deemed to be University, Ammapettai, Nellikuppam, Chengalpet District, Tamil Nadu, India

Correspondence Address:
Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava
Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (SBV) – Deemed to be University, Tiruporur - Guduvancherry Main Road, Ammapettai, Nellikuppam, Chengalpaet District - 603108, Tamil Nadu
India

The coronavirus disease-2019 outbreak that has been first detected in a single city in the Wuhan city of China has eventually been reported in 216 nations and territories and has been acknowledged as one of the major public health threats. The overall risk of the spread of the disease has been graded as very high in both the regional and global settings. Such a declaration by the World Health Organization makes it imperative and compulsory for the policy makers and all the public health authorities that it is high time to implement appropriate interventions which are suitable to the local case scenario and the settings. To conclude, the international risk of transmission of infection has been identified as very high and it becomes the responsibility of each and every one of us to reduce the risk of spread of the infection.


How to cite this article:
Shrivastava SR, Shrivastava PS. Coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic and its very high risk of international spread.Port Harcourt Med J 2020;14:91-92


How to cite this URL:
Shrivastava SR, Shrivastava PS. Coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic and its very high risk of international spread. Port Harcourt Med J [serial online] 2020 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];14:91-92
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