Coronavirus Information

Posted by Carolyn Martin on January 27th, 2020 Posted in: Emergency Preparedness, Health Literacy, News from NLM, Public Health
Tags: disease outbreak, emergency preparedness

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The following information is news from NLM’s Disaster Information Research Center (DIMRC) regarding the Novel Coronavirus. 

The WHO International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee met last week and determined that the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak did not constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) at that time. They continue to closely monitor the situation and may meet again soon. In recognition that people are interested in learning what is currently known about the virus and outbreak, we have gathered the following information:

• MedlinePlus consumer level information on Coronavirus Infections, in Spanish Infecciones por coronavirus
• Disaster Lit Resources
• PubMed citations
• Coronavirus Infections (including 2019-nCoV, MERS-CoV and SARS) Information Guide
• Annotated genome sequence of the 2019 novel coronavirus in GenBank (Read More)
• New MeSH Supplementary Concept Record for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, Wuhan, China, Read More

Additional information, regarding this outbreak, can be found on the NNLM blog, Bringing Health Information to the Community (BHIC)