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World Heart Federation briefing on prevention : coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in low-income countries
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In December 2019, the novel coronavirus Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak started in Wuhan,
the capital of Hubei province in China. Since then it has spread to many other regions, including low-income
countries. The coronavirus was named SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
and has spread to 78 countries (including many low-income countries), with a total of 92,818 confirmed
cases globally as of 3 March 2020. On 30 January 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO)
declared the outbreak a ‘public health emergency of international concern’. The first ten cases have now
been reported in Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria and Senegal). The spread onto the African continent is of great concern for multiple reasons. Large and densely populated areas and townships with
widespread poverty and high migration are the most vulnerable populations for airborne pandemics. Moreover, existing epidemics of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB) and malaria are likely
to collide with COVID-19 and may lead to an increased morbidity and mortality – not reported yet from
affected countries. In addition, the wide spread of non-communicable diseases in Africa, such as chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart disease, hypertension and diabetes are known risk factors for
severe causes of COVID-19.
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© 2020 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Coronavirus COVID-19 Africa Low income countries Middle income countries Cardiovascular disease
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Global Heart. 2020; 15(1): 31
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Ubiquity Press