Answering the initial 20 questions on COVID-19 (January-February 2020)

摘要

In response to COVID-19 pandemic, the “Journal of Global Health” will publish regular editorials answering the questions related to the pandemic that raised most interest during the preceding period. These editorials will be written in a popular style and aimed at wide audience. They will be based on the best available evidence at the time. This is the first editorial, completed on March 7, 2020, and answering the 20 questions that arose during January and February 2020.