COVID 19 –X-RAYS, CT, ULTRASOUND AND PET/CT – A REVIEW
*Dr. Beth Vettiyil MD, Adam Thomas MD FRCP, Anish Mitra MD MPH, James Vincent Cortez MD and Angel Serah BASc EIT PEO
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 or Coronavirus disease 2019 is a pandemic that has now spread across the world. It has infected millions of people with 25 million cases tested positive and 855, 000 deaths worldwide as of September 1, 2020.[1] This virus was first brought to attention when a cluster of pneumonias of unknown etiology started popping up in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China towards the end of 2019.[2] A new coronavirus was identified and named severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS – COV- 2) by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) in February 2020. (2) The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 31, 2020 and a Pandemic on March 11, 2020.[3] As of September 1, 2020, COVID-19 has spread to 212 countries and territories spanning 6 continents.[4]
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