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Facemask shortage and the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak: Reflection on public health measures

2020-02-12 public and global health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundTo analyse the impact of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (NCP) outbreak on the facemask shortage in China and provide insight into the development of emergency plans for future infectious disease outbreaks. MethodsPolicy review using government websites and shortage analysis using mathematical modelling based on data obtained from the National Health Commission (NHC), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of...

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