COVID-19 in Brazil: advantages of a socialized unified health system and preparation to contain cases

Abstract The outbreak of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported for the first time in Wuhan, China in late December 2019 have rapidly spread to other countries and it was declared on January 30, 2020 as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organiza...

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Main Authors: Julio Croda, Wanderson Kleber de Oliveira, Rodrigo Lins Frutuoso, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, Djane Clarys Baia-da-Silva, José Diego Brito-Sousa, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2020-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822020000101000&tlng=en