Why there were few cases of coronavirus disease 2019 in Libya during the first two months of the pandemic?

Autor: Abdunnabi A. Rayes, Badereddin B. Annajar, Abdunaser S. Dayhum, Ibrahim M. Eldaghayes
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: International Journal of One Health, Vol 6, Iss 2, Pp 160-164 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2455-5673
2455-8931
DOI: 10.14202/IJOH.2020.160-164
Popis: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic that affected almost all countries worldwide with more than 29,439,120 confirmed cases and 932,486 deaths recorded till on September 14, 2020. However, on May 25, 2020, after 2 months from the first reported case of COVID-19 in Libya, the country was among very few countries in the world that had very few cases of COVID-19 with a total of 75 confirmed cases and three deaths during the first 2 months since the detection of the first case on March 24, 2020. Based on the global epidemiological pattern of the disease, the magnitude of COVID-19 in Libya could have been much worse. However, the reality is eccentrically different and the epidemiology exhibited different scenario with very few cases being recorded during the first 2 months of pandemic in Libya. In this article, a review of COVID-19 situation in Libya is presented with thoughts about the potential reasons that could explain the very few cases of COVID-19 in the country in context with the global figures of the pandemic.
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