Entry and initial spread of COVID-19 in India: Epidemiological analysis of media surveillance data, India, 2020

• Main Authors: Nuzrath Jahan (Author), Polani Rubeshkumar (Author), Mathan Karuppiah (Author), Irene Sambath (Author), Muthappan Sendhilkumar (Author), Kumaravel Ilangovan (Author), Roopavathi Ongesh (Author), Manikandanesan Sakthivel (Author), Raju Mohankumar (Author), Muthusamy Santhosh kumar (Author), Parasuraman Ganeshkumar (Author), Manickam Ponnaiah (Author), Prabhdeep Kaur (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: India reported first laboratory-confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on 30 January from Kerala. Media surveillance is useful to capture unstructured information about outbreaks. We established media surveillance and described the characteristics of the COVID-19 cases, cl...