Outbreak of Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Situation in Italy; Threat Assessment Brief | NLM

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Outbreak of Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Situation in Italy; Threat Assessment Brief

02/23/2020 12:00 AM EST

Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 2/23/2020. This five-page report details the limited information currently available about the different COVID-19 clusters of cases in four regions in Italy. The risk associated with COVID-19 infection for people from the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and United Kingdom is currently considered to be low to moderate, but the risk assessment for the EU/EEA might change when more data become available. The risk of the occurrence of similar clusters, similar to the ones in Italy, associated with COVID-19 in other countries in the EU/EEA and the UK is currently considered to be moderate to high. (PDF)