COVID-19 Case Management

Ruot Garjiek Teny; Charles O. C. Langoya; Ader Macar Aciek

South Sudan Medical Journal (May 2020)

COVID-19 Case Management

Ruot Garjiek Teny,
Charles O. C. Langoya ,
Ader Macar Aciek

Affiliations

Ruot Garjiek Teny: Department of Cardiology, The Karen Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
Charles O. C. Langoya: Department of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK
Ader Macar Aciek: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Juba, South Sudan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 2
pp. 37 – 39

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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on 31 December 2019 from Wuhan province of China as a cluster of pneumonia cases. The WHO on 11 March 2020 declared this as a global pandemic. COVID-19 is caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus which is a member of coronaviruses. South Sudan has 35 confirmed cases by 30 April 2020 with the first case announced on 4 April, 2020 while the last case (of the 35) declared on 29 April 2020.

Published in South Sudan Medical Journal

ISSN: 2309-4605 (Print); 2309-4613 (Online)
Publisher: Health and Social Sciences Research Institute - South Sudan (HSSRI-SS)
Country of publisher: South Sudan
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: http://www.southsudanmedicaljournal.com

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