J Educ Eval Health Prof.  2020;17:10. 10.3352/jeehp.2020.17.10.

How to train health personnel to protect themselves from SARS-CoV-2 (novel coronavirus) infection when caring for a patient or suspected case

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• KMID: 2502196
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2020.17.10

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  Fig. 1. The cumulative number of SARS-CoV-2 infections and the number of deaths from January 21 to March 6, 2020 in the Republic of Korea.

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