Editorial August 03, 2020 August 03, 2020

2020 will be a historical milestone

DOI: 10.5935/0034-7280.20200034

The year started with our close sight over what was happening in China, the first COVID-19 case, which accounted for the name given to the disease caused by SARS-CoV2, identified in Wuhan at late 2019. It emerged in China and spread to other Asian and European countries; and reached Brazil in late February 2020.

In March 2020, WHO (World Health Organization) reclassified the outbreak as a pandemic⁽⁾; actually, we are seeing that it is not just a mere respiratory virus. The media have been showing its impacts on peoples’ lives – which, by itself, would be very worrisome – and on public health systems worldwide, as well as on the global economy.

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