Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
T18 |
0-250 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has now spread worldwide and resulted in over 20 million diagnosed cases and 700,000 confirmed deaths globally as of August 11, 2020 [1]. |
T19 |
251-498 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Estimates of COVID-19 case fatality rates from Hubei, China, the rest of China, and other countries range from 0.3% to above 5% in different populations at various times [2, 3], with an estimate of 1.4% [4] currently favoured in some analyses [5]. |
T20 |
499-655 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Age [6] and comorbidities (hypertension, cardiovascular and respiratory disease [7]) are strong risk factors for severe illness, hospitalization, and death. |
T21 |
656-851 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Furthermore, COVID-19 poses severe challenges for health care, with risks that requirements will exceed hospital bed, critical care, and ICU capacities even in well-resourced health care systems. |
T22 |
852-1186 |
Sentence |
denotes |
In the current absence of a vaccine or effective therapeutic options, widespread non-pharmaceutical interventions including testing, contact tracing, isolation and quarantine, hand hygiene, and physician distancing, along with broad physical or social distancing, are the main interventions currently available to reduce transmission. |
T23 |
1187-1384 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Countries have used a variety of such physical or social distancing measures including cancelling mass gatherings, closing restaurants, work-from-home orders, and “lockdowns” of varying strictness. |