TY  - JOUR
TI  - Turkey in Between European Union Countries in the New Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak; An Examination of the Doubling Times
AB  - Objective: In December 2019, the new coronavirus(COVID-19), which is identified as a new pneumonia factor,emerged in Wuhan, China's Hubei province. The new coronavirus israpidly spreading all over the world and considered a pandemic. Thefirst case in Turkey was confirmed on March 10, 2020, and on March18, 2020, Turkey has reached the 100th case. Material and Methods:In this study, the doubling times of the outbreak in the EuropeanUnion countries, especially Turkey, were investigated.Moreover, in this context, as South Korea has been extensively testingboth symptomatic and asymptomatic patients and implementingeffective strategies, the doubling times have increased steadily linearlywithout any decline. Therefore, the doubling times for Europeancountries have been compared to South Korea. Results: Thehighest slope in doubling times was achieved in South Korea andAustria. Among the compared countries, Italy, despite its 51st dayafter its 100th case, has not yet experienced a rapid rise. In Turkey,the doubling time after the 100th case was calculated to be 1.04. Initially,Turkey was ranked as the country with the lowest doublingtimes between European Union countries, however, at the pointreached today (the 34th day after than the 100th case); after Spain,Austria, Switzerland, and South Korea, Turkey ranks fourth by adoubling time of 13.14. Conclusion: Turkey on the 34th day after the100th case of the outbreak, has made further successful progress morethan major European countries. The prolongation of the doublingtime in this wise is promising to combat the pandemic successfully.
AU  - uncu, yesim
AU  - Ahmadian, Robab
AU  - Ercan, Ilker
DO  - 10.5336/medsci.2020-75702
PY  - 2020
JO  - Türkiye Klinikleri Tıp Bilimleri Dergisi
VL  - 40
IS  - 2
SN  - 1300-0292
SP  - 220
EP  - 227
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/388104
ER  -