A Critical Appraisal of COVID-19 in Malaysia and Beyond
- Author:
Jafri Malin Abdullah1
;
Wan Faisham Nu’man Wan Ismail
;
Irfan Mohamad
;
Asrenee Ab Razak
;
Azian Harun
;
Kamarul Imran Musa
;
Yeong Yeh Lee1
- Publication Type:Editorial
- Keywords:
COVID-19;
SARS-CoV-2;
Malaysia;
technology;
medicine;
appraisal
- From:Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
2020;27(2):1-9
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
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.
- Full text:3.2020my0849.pdf
