The statements were drawn up by a group of 16 front-line intensive care experts in China who fought against the COVID-19 epidemic in Wuhan. The group’s agenda was predefined. The expert group first defined clinical questions to be addressed and then designated the experts in charge of each...
The causative agent of COVID-19 is the SARS-CoV-2, which has become the 7th known member of the coronavirus family that causes disease in humans. It is a beta-coronavirus that consists of a long single-stranded positive-sense RNA molecule, surrounded by a lipid envelope that anchors many ...