Abstract:

The aim of this review is to reveal the developments and studies under the leadership of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the first months of 2020 in the context of COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease-2019) and its causative agent, SARS-CoV-2, which was identified in December 2019 with published reports. SARS-CoV-2, which takes place in the same family with SARS-CoV (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus) and MERS-CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus), and has both similarities and differences with its family members, came up as the main topic on all over the World, leading to a pandemic and then an infodemia. The principles of Public Health were emphasized by summarizing the global surveillance on outbreak management led by WHO with the characteristics of disease and agent during the first months of the pandemic.

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