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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
On-line version ISSN 2078-5135
Print version ISSN 0256-9574
Abstract
PILLAY, Y; LEORNARD, E; MAYET, N and MOONASAR, D. Foreword: Preparedness and response to SARS-CoV-2 in South Africa. SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. [online]. 2022, vol.112, n.5b, pp.354-355. ISSN 2078-5135. http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2022.v112i5b.16083.
The World Health Organization's (WHO) China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China on the 31st of December 2019. On 7 January 2020, the causative pathogen was identified as the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and on 11th of March 2020, the WHO declared a global pandemic. This paper serves as an introduction to a series of research articles which consider South Africa's preparedness and response to SARS-CoV-2.