Estimated Rate of Neglected COVID‑19 Reporting According to Legal Surveillance System Implication on Problem of Disease Control

Won Sriwijitalai; Viroj Wiwanitkit

Estimated Rate of Neglected COVID‑19 Reporting According to Legal Surveillance System Implication on Problem of Disease Control

Won Sriwijitalai, Viroj Wiwanitkit

Abstract

Dear Editor,
The number of confirmed Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‑19) cases have been continuously increased since its first appearance in December 2019. The disease becomes pandemic and WHO already declared public health
emergency since 11th March 2020. An important public health manipulation for infection control is the systematic case registry.

Keywords

COVID‑19; Surveillance; Disease Control

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How to cite this article: Sriwijitalai W, Wiwanitkit V. Estimated rate of

neglected COVID‑19 reporting according to legal surveillance system

implication on problem of disease control. Int J Prev Med 2020;11:105.