TY - JOUR
T1 - Borderless collaboration is needed for COVID-19 - A disease that knows no borders
AU - Mohamed, Kawthar
AU - Rodríguez-Román, Eduardo
AU - Rahmani, Farzaneh
AU - Zhang, Hongbo
AU - Ivanovska, Mariya
AU - Makka, Sara A.
AU - Joya, Musa
AU - Makuku, Rangarirai
AU - Islam, Md Shahidul
AU - Radwan, Nesrine
AU - Rahmah, Laila
AU - Goda, Rayan
AU - Abarikwu, Sunny O.
AU - Shaw, Mujtaba
AU - Zoghi, Samaneh
AU - Irtsyan, Sevan
AU - Ling, Irene
AU - Cseprekal, Orsolya
AU - Faten, Attig Bahar
AU - Hazar Sayar, Esra
AU - Soloukey, Chagajeg
AU - Grancini, Giulia
AU - Rezaei, Nima
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - To the Editor—Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global concern among all citizens and governments. Several governments have decided to take drastic actions to combat the spread of the disease, including closure of air, maritime, and land borders as an extreme measures of isolation. However, such measures have not prevented the disease from spreading globally; COVID-19 has already spread to almost all countries and regions, and the World Health Organization (WHO) named it a pandemic on March 11, 2020.1 For this reason, some countries have announced a so-called ‘lockdown.’ This protocol includes, but is not limited to, the closure of all nonessential businesses, the obligatory physical isolation of all citizens through quarantine, social distancing for those that do go out of their homes, and public campaigns to encourage both frequent hand washing and refraining from touching the face.
AB - To the Editor—Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a global concern among all citizens and governments. Several governments have decided to take drastic actions to combat the spread of the disease, including closure of air, maritime, and land borders as an extreme measures of isolation. However, such measures have not prevented the disease from spreading globally; COVID-19 has already spread to almost all countries and regions, and the World Health Organization (WHO) named it a pandemic on March 11, 2020.1 For this reason, some countries have announced a so-called ‘lockdown.’ This protocol includes, but is not limited to, the closure of all nonessential businesses, the obligatory physical isolation of all citizens through quarantine, social distancing for those that do go out of their homes, and public campaigns to encourage both frequent hand washing and refraining from touching the face.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85083878877&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/ice.2020.162
DO - 10.1017/ice.2020.162
M3 - Letter
C2 - 32319878
AN - SCOPUS:85083878877
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 41
SP - 1245
EP - 1246
JO - Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
JF - Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
IS - 10
ER -
