Abstract
COVID-19 as an emerging disease has spread to 183 countries and territories worldwide as of 20 March 2020. The first COVID-19 case (i.e. the index case) in Iran was observed in the city of Qom on 19 February 2020. One of the cities of Markazi Province is Delijan, which shares a border with Qom. Consequently, COVID-19 has quickly spread in this city because a large population commutes daily between the two cities. This study aimed to report the challenges and considerations of community-based preparedness at the onset of COVID-19 outbreak in a city of Iran in 2020.
Highlights
COVID-19 as an emerging disease has spread to 183 countries and territories worldwide as of 20 March 2020
The first COVID-19 case in Iran was observed in the city of Qom on 19 February 2020
This study aimed to report the challenges and considerations of community-based preparedness at the onset of COVID-19 outbreak in a city of Iran in 2020
Summary
COVID-19 as an emerging disease has spread to 183 countries and territories worldwide as of 20 March 2020. The total number of COVID-19 cases has been 266 073 across the world [1] and 19 644 cases in Iran [1,2,3,4] at the time of writing this report (20 March 2020). Of all these patients, 11 184 cases have died worldwide [1, 3] and 1433 cases have died in Iran [1, 4]. This study aimed to report the challenges and considerations of community-based preparedness at the onset of COVID-19 outbreak in a city of Iran in 2020
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