Policy document
March 2nd 2020

Rapid risk assessment: Outbreak of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): increased transmission globally fifth update

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
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As of 2 March 2020 at 08:00, more than 89 068 cases of COVID-19 have been reported worldwide, mainly in China and from all Chinese provinces; of these cases, around 9 000 cases were reported from other countries. As of 2 March, 66 countries have reported cases. The risk associated with COVID-19 infection for people in the EU/EEA and UK is currently considered to be moderate to high, based on the probability of transmission and the impact of the disease.

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Related SDGs

SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being

Target 3.3

End the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases

Target 3.d

Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risk

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7: Health 7.4: Public Health Services

Cites research funded by

Sun Yat-sen University 1 National Natural Science Foundation of China 1 NSFC 1 Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen 1 National High-tech Research and Development Program 1 Science and Technology Planning Project of Shenzen Municipality 1 National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China 1 National Key Research and Development Program of China 1 Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1 University of Hong Kong 1 Health and Medical Research Fund 1 Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 1 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences 1 Peking Union Medical College 1 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1 Terumo BCT 1 Terumo 1 National Science Foundation 1 Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 1 Swiss National Science Foundation 1 ESRC January 2022 1 MRC 1 ESRC 1 NIHR (November 2024) 1 Wellcome Trust 1 Government of the United Kingdom 1 National Institute for Health and Care Research 1 Department of Health and Social Care 1 Royal Society 1 Research Councils UK 1 Medical Research Council 1 Economic and Social Research Council 1 National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) 1 Instituto de Salud Carlos III 1 Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu 1 Statens Serum Institut 1 Norwegian Institute of Public Health 1

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