A critical appraisal of Covid-19 in Malaysia and beyond
When the first report of COVID-19 appeared in December 2019 from Wuhan, China, the world unknowingly perceived this as another flu-like illness. Many were surprised at the extreme steps that China had subsequently taken to seal Wuhan from the rest of the world. However, by February 2020, the SARS...
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| author | Abdullah, Jafri Malin Wan Ismail, Wan Faisham Nu’man Mohamad, Irfan Ab Razak, Asrenee Harun, Azian Musa, Kamarul Imran Lee, Yeong Yeh |
| author_facet | Abdullah, Jafri Malin Wan Ismail, Wan Faisham Nu’man Mohamad, Irfan Ab Razak, Asrenee Harun, Azian Musa, Kamarul Imran Lee, Yeong Yeh |
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| description | When the first report of COVID-19 appeared in December 2019 from Wuhan, China, the
world unknowingly perceived this as another flu-like illness. Many were surprised at the extreme
steps that China had subsequently taken to seal Wuhan from the rest of the world. However, by
February 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, had spread so quickly across the
globe that the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic. COVID-19 is
not the first pandemic the world has seen, so what makes it so unique in Malaysia, is discussed to
avoid a future coronacoma. |
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| language | English |
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| publishDate | 2020 |
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| spelling | usm-465442020-04-13T00:15:56Z http://eprints.usm.my/46544/ A critical appraisal of Covid-19 in Malaysia and beyond Abdullah, Jafri Malin Wan Ismail, Wan Faisham Nu’man Mohamad, Irfan Ab Razak, Asrenee Harun, Azian Musa, Kamarul Imran Lee, Yeong Yeh R Medicine When the first report of COVID-19 appeared in December 2019 from Wuhan, China, the world unknowingly perceived this as another flu-like illness. Many were surprised at the extreme steps that China had subsequently taken to seal Wuhan from the rest of the world. However, by February 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, had spread so quickly across the globe that the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic. COVID-19 is not the first pandemic the world has seen, so what makes it so unique in Malaysia, is discussed to avoid a future coronacoma. Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2020-03-28 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/46544/1/artikel.pdf Abdullah, Jafri Malin and Wan Ismail, Wan Faisham Nu’man and Mohamad, Irfan and Ab Razak, Asrenee and Harun, Azian and Musa, Kamarul Imran and Lee, Yeong Yeh (2020) A critical appraisal of Covid-19 in Malaysia and beyond. A critical appraisal of covid-19 in Malaysia and beyond. (Submitted) |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine Abdullah, Jafri Malin Wan Ismail, Wan Faisham Nu’man Mohamad, Irfan Ab Razak, Asrenee Harun, Azian Musa, Kamarul Imran Lee, Yeong Yeh A critical appraisal of Covid-19 in Malaysia and beyond |
| title | A critical appraisal of Covid-19 in Malaysia
and beyond |
| title_full | A critical appraisal of Covid-19 in Malaysia
and beyond |
| title_fullStr | A critical appraisal of Covid-19 in Malaysia
and beyond |
| title_full_unstemmed | A critical appraisal of Covid-19 in Malaysia
and beyond |
| title_short | A critical appraisal of Covid-19 in Malaysia
and beyond |
| title_sort | critical appraisal of covid-19 in malaysia
and beyond |
| topic | R Medicine |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/46544/ http://eprints.usm.my/46544/1/artikel.pdf |