tive measures can be taken in the COVID-19 pandemic. Introduction In December 2019, pneumonia of unknown cause was detected in Wuhan, China. It was later disclosed that the new (novel) type of coronavirus causes respiratory disease spreading from person to person. The outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, 2020, and on February 11, 2020, the World Health Organization defined the new coronavirus disease as COVID-19.1 Since then, the pandemic has spread to all