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This article reviews the epidemiology of COVID-19 based on the coronavirus update publication image in the world and in Iran Countries such as Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea are among the first countries involved due to their proximity to China Japan is one of the countries most affected by COVID-19, where officials say was the first to have a cruise ship According to Japanese officials, the first cases belonged to cruise ship passengers Following the global outbreak of COVID-19, especially in Asia, the first cases of COVID-19 in Iran were approved by the Ministry of Health on February 19, 2020 On the last day of February this year, 2 patients died due to respiratory complications in Qom, Iran, that raised doubts about the COVID-19 presence in Iran Respiratory diseases spread among the citizens of Qom, and a positive test of fatal patients confirmed COVID-19 in the province, and Qom was identified as the primary focus of the new coronavirus disease Evidence suggests the Chinese workers may have transmitted the virus to the province Continued direct air communication with China, as COVID-19 spreads widely in China, led to the entry of the virus into Iranian borders So Iran has been a hub for Chinese travelers between countries for a short time Italy is, among other European countries where the spread of the disease is extremely worrying The number of cases in the country has reached 80,589 by March 26, 2020 In addition, European countries such as Spain, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, and UK have also reported high cases of COVID-19 conflict Also, the first positive case of the new coronavirus in Latin America relates to a Brazilian citizen who recently traveled to Italy All of this evidence points to the importance of human-to-human transmission of COVID-19 A statistical study of COVID-19 in China demonstrated that 55% of the cases were male, and women had a lower occurrence of the virus The aforementioned study indicated that the mean age of patients was 46 years, and the mean age of patients who died at the time of diagnosis was 70 years The study also shows that less than 3% of patients under the age of 15 years Although the death rate of patients with this disease is less than many contagious diseases, but the rate of spread is of great importance among humans
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