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COVID-19 in Italy: An Overview from the First Case to Date
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Ionian Department, Microbiology and Virology Lab., University Hospital of Bari, Bari, ITALY
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Regional Emergency Service, National Poisoning Center, University Hospital of Foggia, Foggia, ITALY
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Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, Section of Microbiology and Virology, University Hospital of Bari, Bari, ITALY
Online publication date: 2020-04-08
Publication date: 2020-04-08
Electron J Gen Med 2020;17(6):em235
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This paper is aimed to point out the current state of the COVID-19 pandemics in Italy. Currently, COVID-19 is an international crisis and all the continents have recorded a certain number of cases to date. After the first report of such infectious threat in China, the disease has progressively widespread thorough the world, and all the countries have attempted to point out specific protocols and therapies to face this new, unknown condition. The authors report an overview of how the Italian health service is facing this crisis after two months from the first internal reported cases. At last, special considerations highlight the non-sanitary issues of COVID-19 outbreak in Italy.
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