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 continents except Antarctica. By mid-March 2020, there were more than 200,000 cases reported worldwide. Whereas it took 12 weeks to reach the first 100,000 cases, it took only 12 days to reach the next 100,000.1 In the United States, more than 10,000 cases and a total of 150 deaths from COVID-19 infection had been reported by March 21, 2020.2
With the current global pandemic, dermatologists, like all physicians, should be aware of the COVID-19 infection and any associated skin manifestations.