TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 Outbreak in Malaysia. A1 - Elengoe,Asita, PY - 2020/6/5/entrez PY - 2020/6/5/pubmed PY - 2020/6/5/medline KW - COVID-19 KW - Malaysia KW - SARS-CoV-2 SP - 93 EP - 100 JF - Osong public health and research perspectives JO - Osong Public Health Res Perspect VL - 11 IS - 3 N2 - In 2020 a significant threat to public health emerged. The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic outbreak emerged in December 2019 from Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China and spread to the rest of the world. This disease was named COVID-19 by World Health Organization. To date (17th April 2020) a total of 2,230,439 cases of COVID-19; 150,810 cases of deaths and 564,210 recovered cases have been reported worldwide. In this review the SARS-CoV-2 morphology, pathogenic mechanism, similarities and differences between SARS-CoV and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome and severe acute respiratory syndrome, transmission mode, diagnosis, treatment, and preventive measures were investigated. The outbreak of COVID-19 from a Malaysian perspective was explored and mental health care during the COVID-19 outbreak was explored. To date, there is no vaccine or no specific treatment for COVID-19. Therefore, preventive measures are very important to prevent and control the rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Preparedness should be a priority for future pandemic outbreaks. SN - 2210-9099 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/32494567/COVID_19_Outbreak_in_Malaysia_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -