Open AccessA Community Based Collaborative Research Model to Fight Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19). A Report on Nairobi, Kenya Covd19 Efforts
Author(s) -
Samson Chama,
Enouce Ndeche,
Nairobi Vap Program Director Westlands
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of infectious diseases and case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2634-8861
DOI - 10.47363/jidscr/2020(1)109
Subject(s) - outbreak , pandemic , covid-19 , coronavirus , pneumonia , china , disease , virology , geography , medicine , environmental health , socioeconomics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , sociology , archaeology
The first cases of COVID-19 pneumonia were identified in Wuhan City, China, in December 2019. In January 2020, a novel coronavirus, known as SARS-CoV-2, was identified as the cause of this outbreak. The virus, and the human disease it causes, have evolved into a global pandemic. As of April 29, 2020, according to the World Health Organization, cases have been confirmed in 213 countries, areas, or territories, with 3,090,445 confirmed cases so far, and 217,769 confirmed deaths [1].