COVID-19
At the end of 2019 in the month of December, Wuhan, China became the epicenter of an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown etiology that did not yield to currently used treatments. In a few days, infections increased exponentially, not only in Mainland China but also in different countries. The causative agent was identified, a new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) later classified as SARS-CoV2 causing the COVID-19 disease. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declares this disease a pandemic. In December 2019, Hubei province in Wuhan, China, became the epicenter of an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown causes.1 A group of patients presented to different hospitals with diagnoses of pneumonia of unknown etiology. Most of these patients were epidemiologically linked to a wholesale market for live and unprocessed fish, shellfish and animals in Hubei province. During December 18 and December 29, 2019, the first five cases were reported, of which four of these patients were hospitalized fo...