Open AccessCOVID-19 Pandemic and the Global Perspective of Turkish Thoracic Society
Author(s) -
Nurdan Köktürk,
Bahriye Oya İtil,
Göksel Altınışık,
Nalan Adıgüzel,
Metin Akgün,
Levent Akyıldız,
Sedat Altın,
Hüseyin Arıkan,
Güngör Ateş,
Pınar Ay,
Nilüfer Aykaç,
Cenk Babayiğit,
Pınar Bostan,
Güzin Cinel,
Haluk Celaleddin Çalışır,
Pınar Çeli̇k,
Pelin Duru Çetinkaya,
Elif Dağlı,
Ahmet Uğur Demir,
Canan Demir,
Öner Dikensoy,
Ebru Çakır Edis,
Osman Elbek,
Münevver Erdinç,
Begüm Ergan,
Öner Eyüboğlu F,
Bilun Gemicioğlu,
Tuncay Göksel,
Erkmen Gülhan,
Ökkeş Gültekin,
Canan Gündüz Gürkan,
Alev Gürgün,
Yavuz Havlucu,
Özen K. Başoğlu,
Sait Karakurt,
Zühal Karakurt,
Oğuz Kılınç,
Ali Kocabaş,
Seval Kül,
Benan Müsellim,
Sibel Atış Naycı,
Metin Özkan,
Özgün Pınarer,
Cüneyt Saltürk,
Abdülsamet Sandal,
Abdullah Sayıner,
Elif Şen,
Gökçen Ömeroğlu Şimşek,
Bülent Karadağ,
Fatma Tokgöz Akyıl,
Zehra Nur Töreyin,
Eyüp Sabri Uçan,
Filiz Çağla Uyanusta Küçük,
Ayhan Varol,
Yesim Yasın,
Tekin Yıldız,
Arzu Yorgancıoğlu,
Hasan Bayram
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
turkish thoracic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2149-2530
DOI - 10.5152/turkthoracj.2020.20174
Subject(s) - turkish , pandemic , public health , covid-19 , perspective (graphical) , health care , constructive , medicine , political science , public relations , economic growth , nursing , law , pathology , economics , philosophy , linguistics , disease , process (computing) , artificial intelligence , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , operating system
It has been more than 3 months now since the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Turkey. Globally, the number of confirmed cases and deaths reached 9,653,048 and 491,128 respectively, as reported by 216 countries by June 27, 2020. Turkey had 1,396 new cases, 194,511 total cases, and 5,065 deaths by the same date. From the first case until today, the Turkish Thoracic Society (TTS) has been very proactive in educating doctors, increasing public awareness, undertaking academic studies, and assisting with public health policies. In the present report, social, academic, and management perspectives of the pandemic are presented under appropriate subtitles. During this critical public health crisis, TTS has once again demonstrated its readiness and constructive stance by supporting public health, healthcare workers, and the environment. This review summarizes the perspective of TTS on each aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic and casts light on its contributions.