Title of article :
Is reporting many cases of COVID-19 in Iran due to strength or weakness of Iran’s health system?
Author/Authors :
Mounesan, Leila Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics - Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases - Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran , Eybpoosh, Sana Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics - Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases - Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran , Haghdoost, AliAkbar Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman , Moradi, Ghobad Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj , Mostafavi, Ehsan Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics - Research Centre for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases - Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran
Abstract :
Newly identified discovered novel coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) was identified at the end of 2019,
when a cluster of pneumonia cases with an unknown
cause was detected in Wuhan, China. Following the
outbreak in china, new cases were also detected in
other countries, and the epidemic continued to expand
rapidly worldwide. Till date, COVID-19 has
infected several thousands of individuals and has
caused many fatal cases. Based on epidemiological
evidence, the risk associated with COVID-19 epidemic
in many countries is estimated to be moderate
to high (1, 2). In March 11, 2020, the World Health
Organization (WHO) announced COVID-19 as a
pandemic. Currently, more than 600,000 confirmed
cases of COVID-19 detected in 198 countries are reported
worldwide .
Keywords :
COVID-19 , Iran , China , Wuhan
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
