HOW TO DEAL COVID-19 IN RADIOLOGY?

Maseeh uz Zaman, Nosheen UZ Fatima, Areeba ZAMAN, Unaiza UZ Zaman, Sidra ZAMAN

Abstract


World is suffering through a global health emergency due to highly contagious novel coronavirus (COVID-19). COVID-19 is associated with significantly high reported morbidity and mortality caused by pneumonia especially in old age and compromised population.  Due to its rapid spread in more than 150 countries so far, World Health Organization (WHO) has called it a pandemic which has resulted in an ongoing global lock down

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