Open AccessEarly reports of epidemiological parameters of the COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Keeley Allen,
Ame Elizabeth Parry,
Kathryn M. Glass
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
western pacific surveillance response journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2094-7313
pISSN - 2094-7321
DOI - 10.5365/wpsar.2020.11.4.001
Subject(s) - epidemiology , medicine , asymptomatic , sore throat , pandemic , transmission (telecommunications) , outbreak , hygiene , incidence (geometry) , population , pediatrics , social distance , demography , disease , covid-19 , environmental health , surgery , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , physics , optics , sociology , electrical engineering , engineering
COVID-19 was first detected in Malaysia on 25 January 2020. Multiple clusters were detected in Petaling District, with the first locally transmitted case reported on 8 February. Descriptive analyses of the epidemiology of the COVID-19 outbreak in Petaling are presented, from the first case to the end of the first wave.