Document Type : Letter to Editor
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1 Proteomics Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Emergency Department, Shohadye Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Physiology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first emerged from Wuhan, China, in late 2019, and has since been spreading progressively all around the world. Its prevalence is climbing increasingly and almost all countries worldwide are confronting this pandemic. As of April 11, 2020, reports obtained about the management of COVID-19 patients indicate that the mortality rate of the disease is around 5% with consideration of the active cases and 21% of the closed cases
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