Nursing and the Novel Coronavirus: Risks and Responsibilities in a Global Outbreak.

In December of 2019, reports emerged of pneumonia clusters of unknown cause at health facilities in Wuhan, China. These cases were linked to a wet animal wholesale market in the region and, after extensive epidemiologic investigation, led to identification of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19). COVID-19 is among a family of viruses-called coronaviruses-that can affect both humans and animals (Zhu et al., 2020).

Journal of advanced nursing. 2020 Mar 23 [Epub ahead of print]

Kristen R Choi, Kia Skrine Jeffers, M Cynthia Logsdon

School of Nursing, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States., School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Louisville, United States.