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Glob Health Res Policy. 2020 Mar 9;5:9. doi: 10.1186/s41256-020-00140-9. eCollection 2020.
The novel coronavirus outbreak: what can be learned from China in public reporting?
Li H[SUP]1[/SUP], Chen X[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Huang H[SUP]3[/SUP].
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Abstract
The new coronavirus outbreak gets everyone's attention. China's national actions against the outbreak have contributed great contributions to the world. China has been learning from practice for better reporting and is fast to adapt itself. In this article we discuss China's practice in public reporting and its implications to global health. Confirmed cases, dynamic suspected cases, recovered cases, and deaths have been reported both in accumulative numbers and their daily updates. Some ratio indictors reporting (fatality rate, recovery rate, etc.), trend reporting, and global surveillance have been applied as well. Some improvements can still be made. It is necessary to further explore the influential factors behind the indicators for interventions. Recommendations are made to the World Health Organization and other countries for better public reporting and surveillance.
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KEYWORDS:
2019-nCoV; COVID-19; China; Coronavirus outbreak; Epidemic; Indicators; Pandemic; Public reporting; SARS-CoV-2; Surveillance
PMID:32166128PMCID:PMC7061470DOI:10.1186/s41256-020-00140-9
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The novel coronavirus outbreak: what can be learned from China in public reporting?
Li H[SUP]1[/SUP], Chen X[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Huang H[SUP]3[/SUP].
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Abstract
The new coronavirus outbreak gets everyone's attention. China's national actions against the outbreak have contributed great contributions to the world. China has been learning from practice for better reporting and is fast to adapt itself. In this article we discuss China's practice in public reporting and its implications to global health. Confirmed cases, dynamic suspected cases, recovered cases, and deaths have been reported both in accumulative numbers and their daily updates. Some ratio indictors reporting (fatality rate, recovery rate, etc.), trend reporting, and global surveillance have been applied as well. Some improvements can still be made. It is necessary to further explore the influential factors behind the indicators for interventions. Recommendations are made to the World Health Organization and other countries for better public reporting and surveillance.
? The Author(s) 2020.
KEYWORDS:
2019-nCoV; COVID-19; China; Coronavirus outbreak; Epidemic; Indicators; Pandemic; Public reporting; SARS-CoV-2; Surveillance
PMID:32166128PMCID:PMC7061470DOI:10.1186/s41256-020-00140-9
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