Research:COVID-19 pandemic

Research

Variants and synonyms

• COVID-19 epidemic
• COVID-19 outbreak

Definition/description

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has reached more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.

Source: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.28.013508v1

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected hundreds of thousands of patients and poses a major health threat on an international scale.

Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0735109720346374?via%3Dihub

Examples

The COVID-19 pandemic may represent the most significant public health emergency that the world has faced in a century.

Source: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.23.20039446v3

The globe is currently in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic resulting in significant morbidity and mortality.

Source: https://www.onlinecjc.ca/article/S0828-282X(20)30300-7/fulltext

Collocations

• ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
• current COVID-19 pandemic
• tackle COVID-19 pandemic
• combat COVID-19 pandemic
• declare COVID-19 pandemic
• control COVID-19 pandemic
• suppress COVID-19 pandemic
• address COVID-19 pandemic

Keyness

• COVID-19 pandemic: >1000
• COVID-19 epidemic: >1000
• COVID-19 outbreak: >1000