Jorge Rivera, Sheryll Corchuelo, Julián Naizaque, Édgar Parra, Eugenio Aladino Meek, Diego Álvarez-Díaz, María Mercado, Orlando Torres-Fernández
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Abstract
COVID-19 represents the greatest global public health crisis since the influenza pandemic of 1918 (1). Since its first report in December, 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has efficiently transmitted from person to person, and two years after the declaration of the pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), it has caused approximately 481,756,671 infections and 6,127,981 deaths worldwide (2).
期刊介绍:
Biomédica is the quarterly journal of the Instituto Nacional de Salud of Colombia [Colombias National Health Institute]. Its purpose is to publish the results of original research that contributes meaningfully to knowledge in health and biomedical sciences.