Preventing spread of SARS-CoV-2 and preparing for the COVID-19 outbreak in the surgical department: perspectives from two Scandinavian countries

ABSTRACT A COVID-19 pandemic was declared on March 11 by the World Health Organization (WHO). The first cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on January 31 in Sweden and on February 26 in Norway. Despite being similar countries with universal healthcare systems, the governmental approaches to mitigation...

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Published in:Journal of Surgical Case Reports 2020-05, Vol.2020 (5), p.rjaa131-rjaa131
Main Authors: Lindeman, Robbert-Jan, Sund, Malin, Löfgren, Jenny, Basso, Trude, Søreide, Kjetil
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