Open AccessInitial Public-Health Emergency Response to SARS and COVID-19 Pandemics in Mainland China: A Retrospective Comparative Study
Author(s) -
Huanhuan Zhu,
Qian Wang,
Tiantian Zhang,
Xin Liu,
Ruiming Dai,
Ping Wu,
Ge Bai,
Ying Wang,
Ping Zhou,
Li Luo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s324431
Subject(s) - pandemic , mainland china , covid-19 , public health , china , medicine , virology , betacoronavirus , china mainland , sars virus , medical emergency , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , pathology , disease , law
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was reported first in China in 2003. The world is currently coping with coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). We conducted a retrospective study to compare the initial public-health emergency response (PHER) to SARS and COVID-19 in mainland China.