COVID-19 pandemic: from respect for science to investments in National Health Services

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  • Wilson Jorge Correia Pinto de Abreu Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto, Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Serviços de Saúde - Universidade do Porto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0847-824X

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https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.20212261290

Abstract

January 2020. The world has woken up to a worrying reality. The city of Wuhan, capital of the province of Hubei, China, was struggling with a new virus with enormous transmission capacity. COVID-19 is a severe respiratory disease caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus (SARS-CoV-2), first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan

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2021-01-04

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Abreu, W. J. C. P. de . (2021). COVID-19 pandemic: from respect for science to investments in National Health Services. Rev Rene, 22, e61290. https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.20212261290

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Vol. 22 (2021): Rev Rene

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