COVID-19 and stroke: perspectives and concerns
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In December 2019, the first reports of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), with a subsequent outbreak rapidly spreading globally. Since then, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted society worldwide, and the SAR-CoV-2 virus continues to spread, by infecting more than 55 million people and causing over one million and three-hundred thousand deaths to date. On January 30th, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International concern, having a vast impact on people's behavior, personal relationships, jobs, and the global economy, besides causing a severe burden to the healthcare system.
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