TY - JOUR
T1 - Comprehensive overview on multiple strategies fighting covid-19
AU - Khalifa, Shaden A.M.
AU - Mohamed, Briksam S.
AU - Elashal, Mohamed H.
AU - Du, Ming
AU - Guo, Zhiming
AU - Zhao, Chao
AU - Musharraf, Syed Ghulam
AU - Boskabady, Mohammad H.
AU - El-Seedi, Haged H.R.
AU - Efferth, Thomas
AU - El-Seedi, Hesham R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Swedish Research Council Vetenskapsr?det (VR Grant 2016?05885).
Funding Information:
Funding: This work was supported by the Swedish Research Council Vetenskapsrådet (VR Grant 2016–05885).
Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: H. R. El-Seedi is very grateful to the Swedish Research links Grant VR 2016–05885 and the Department of Molecular Biosciences, Wenner-Grens Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden, for the financial support.
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Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/8/2
Y1 - 2020/8/2
N2 - Lately, myriad of novel viruses have emerged causing epidemics such as SARS, MERS, and SARS-CoV-2, leading to high mortality rates worldwide. Thus, these viruses represented a challenging threat to mankind, especially considering the miniscule data available at our disposal regarding these novel viruses. The entire world established coordinative relations in research projects regarding drug and vaccine development on the external range, whereas on the internal range, all countries declared it an emergency case through imposing different restrictions related to their border control, large gatherings, school attendance, and most social activities. Pandemic combating plans prioritized all sectors including normal people, medical staff politicians, and scientists collectively shouldered the burden. Through planning and learning the previous lessons from SARS and MERS, healthcare systems could succeed in combating the viral spread and implications of these new pandemics. Different management strategies including social distance, social awareness and isolation represented successful ways to slow down the spread of the pandemic. Furthermore, pre-preparedness of some countries for emergencies is crucial to minimize the consequences of the crisis.
AB - Lately, myriad of novel viruses have emerged causing epidemics such as SARS, MERS, and SARS-CoV-2, leading to high mortality rates worldwide. Thus, these viruses represented a challenging threat to mankind, especially considering the miniscule data available at our disposal regarding these novel viruses. The entire world established coordinative relations in research projects regarding drug and vaccine development on the external range, whereas on the internal range, all countries declared it an emergency case through imposing different restrictions related to their border control, large gatherings, school attendance, and most social activities. Pandemic combating plans prioritized all sectors including normal people, medical staff politicians, and scientists collectively shouldered the burden. Through planning and learning the previous lessons from SARS and MERS, healthcare systems could succeed in combating the viral spread and implications of these new pandemics. Different management strategies including social distance, social awareness and isolation represented successful ways to slow down the spread of the pandemic. Furthermore, pre-preparedness of some countries for emergencies is crucial to minimize the consequences of the crisis.
KW - Economic recession
KW - Global health responses
KW - Health care systems
KW - Strategies
KW - Symptoms
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089391544&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph17165813
DO - 10.3390/ijerph17165813
M3 - Article
C2 - 32796733
AN - SCOPUS:85089391544
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 17
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 16
M1 - 5813
ER -