Title of article
Three potential challenges in studying COVID-19 pandemic data: Chinese statistics, social media, and preprint servers
Author/Authors
Pourhoseingholi, Mohamad Amin Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center - Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Shojaee, Sajad Basic and Molecular Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders Research Center - Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran , Ashtari, Sara Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center - Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences - Tehran, Iran
Pages
2
From page
278
To page
279
Abstract
Coronavirus (COVID-19), which started in Wuhan,
China, in early December 2019, has now become the
biggest challenge to health for almost all countries in
the world. On January 31, 2020, the WHO declared
COVID-19 a public health emergency, and then on
March 11, COVID-19 was officially declared a
pandemic. To overcome this worldwide outbreak,
scientists and health policy makers around the world
have tried to implement prevention strategies (e.g.,
home isolation, travel restrictions, social distancing,
etc.) or have begun research projects for the
development of a vaccine and new drugs against this
novel coronavirus. Many studies are already focusing
on the epidemic, the mechanism of the novel
coronavirus, the medication, the epidemiology of
infection, etc., and most scientific journals have begun
fast-tracking manuscripts regarding COVID-19; many
papers have been published since the epidemic began.
However, there are some challenges....
Keywords
Three potential challenges , studying COVID-19 pandemic data , Chinese statistics , social media , preprint servers , EDITORIAL
Journal title
Gastroenterology and Hepatology From Bed to Bench
Serial Year
2020
Record number
2656245
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