Early Determination of Case Fatality Rate of Covid-19 Pandemic During the Ongoing Yemeni Armed Conflict.

Abdulla Salem Bin GhouthAli Ahmed Al-WaleediMarhami FahrianiFirzan NainuHarapan Harapan

Published in: Disaster medicine and public health preparedness (2021)

The elderly and those with comorbidities, in particular hypertension and diabetes, have higher risk for poor outcomes and therefore should receive more attention in the clinical setting. Preventive measures should also be prioritized to protect those groups in order to reduce the severe cases and deaths-associated COVID-19 in armed-conflict.

Keyphrases

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