We are at war. All our energy should be on one aim: to slow the progress of the virus. 1 —Emmanuel Macron French President (March 16, 2020) The official cause of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) 2 became a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 3 which was officially identified on January 9, 2020. 4 Generally described four transmission routes for the Covid-19: 1) aerosol transmission, 2) contact transmission, 3) droplets transmission, and even through 4) digestive system. 3 The most commonly reported symptoms in patients are cough, fever, myalgia/fatigue, pneumonia, and complicated dyspnea. 3,5 According to Li et al cases resulting in death were primarily in elderly and middle-aged patients with pre-existing co-morbidities. 6 The statistically proved number of death worldwide continues permanently to increase. On March 26 that number of death reached 21,297 people, 7 on April 1 – 42,341 people, 8 on April 7 – 74,820 people, 9 on May 29 – 362,091 10 , and on August 11 – 739,342 11

Covid-2019 pandemic: growing wave of cancelled meetings in oral and maxillofacial surgery and its impact on specialty / Maffia, Francesco; Fesenko, Ievgen I.; Vellone, Valentino. - In: JOURNAL OF DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL PATHOLOGY. - ISSN 2519-2086. - 4:8(2020), pp. 125-128. [10.23999/j.dtomp.2020.8.1]

Covid-2019 pandemic: growing wave of cancelled meetings in oral and maxillofacial surgery and its impact on specialty

Francesco Maffia
Primo
;
Valentino Vellone
Ultimo
2020

Abstract

We are at war. All our energy should be on one aim: to slow the progress of the virus. 1 —Emmanuel Macron French President (March 16, 2020) The official cause of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) 2 became a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 3 which was officially identified on January 9, 2020. 4 Generally described four transmission routes for the Covid-19: 1) aerosol transmission, 2) contact transmission, 3) droplets transmission, and even through 4) digestive system. 3 The most commonly reported symptoms in patients are cough, fever, myalgia/fatigue, pneumonia, and complicated dyspnea. 3,5 According to Li et al cases resulting in death were primarily in elderly and middle-aged patients with pre-existing co-morbidities. 6 The statistically proved number of death worldwide continues permanently to increase. On March 26 that number of death reached 21,297 people, 7 on April 1 – 42,341 people, 8 on April 7 – 74,820 people, 9 on May 29 – 362,091 10 , and on August 11 – 739,342 11
2020
COVID; COVID-19; pandemia; severe acute respiratory syndrome; symptoms; pneumonia; complicated dyspnea
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Covid-2019 pandemic: growing wave of cancelled meetings in oral and maxillofacial surgery and its impact on specialty / Maffia, Francesco; Fesenko, Ievgen I.; Vellone, Valentino. - In: JOURNAL OF DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL PATHOLOGY. - ISSN 2519-2086. - 4:8(2020), pp. 125-128. [10.23999/j.dtomp.2020.8.1]
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