Ordu Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Çalışmaları Dergisi

Yazarlar: Özlem ŞAHİN AKBOĞA

Konular:Hemşirelik

DOI:10.38108/ouhcd.715182

Anahtar Kelimeler:New type Coronavirus,2019-nCoV,Prevention and control,Pandemic

Özet: In Wuhan, China, new type of coronavirus outbreak from zoonotic origin in the wholesale market of seafood has reached a global dimension affecting the whole world. It has infected more than fourteen million people spread all over the world in a short time due to high disease-to-person transmissibility. The number of cases detected only in America has approached 4 million. In some parts of Europe, death rates from COVID -19 have exceeded 7.5 times the mortality rates in the city of Hubei, where the outbreak occurred. Meanwhile, Turkey has taken place fifth among ten countries in the world where the epidemic with the number of confirmed cases seen. This epidemic, which has increased the number of cases and deaths day by day, has been declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Information for clinical symptoms associated with Covid-19 is still limited. When personal precautions are followed, it is seen as the most effective way to prevent epidemic. The disease is transmitted by droplet and contact. As a result of the work done in the pandemic process, Information on the natural course of COVID-19, is getting clearer day by day.

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