Open AccessTHE VETERINARIAN IN PANDEMY SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): BACKGROUND AND ATTRIBUTIONS
Author(s) -
Kalina Mária de Medeiros Gomes Simplício,
Giovanni Vargas-Hérnandez,
Mauro Henrique Bueno de Camargo,
Michelly Fernandes de Macedo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista de ciência veterinária e saúde pública
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2358-4610
DOI - 10.4025/revcivet.v7i1.55495
Subject(s) - pandemic , outbreak , covid-19 , public health , china , international health regulations , attribution , environmental health , coronavirus , distribution (mathematics) , disease , medicine , virology , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychology , law , nursing , social psychology , pathology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
In December 2019, the world watched in disbelief as a viral epidemic, originating in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, took on frightening proportions. On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of the disease caused by the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) to be a public health emergency of international importance, the highest level of alert of the Organization, as provided in the International Health Regulations (IHR, 2016). On March 11, 2020, the epidemic was declared a pandemic by the WHO. Despite the rapid distribution of the new virus, many countries were reluctant or slow to comply strictly with the prophylactic methods suggested by those who had already experienced the whole situation of threat to the health of their populations.