Can we contain the COVID-19 outbreak with the same measures as for SARS?

2020/03/05 by Annelies Wilder-Smith, Annelies Wilder‐Smith, Calvin J. Chiew +3 · 11 citations
Mathematics · Medicine · #COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies #COVID-19 epidemiological studies #SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(20)30129-8

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