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01-12-2020 | COVID-19 | Commentary
Non-communicable Diseases and COVID-19; a double-edged sword A Special Communication from IRAN
Authors:
Niloofar Peykari, Sana Eybpoosh, Hamidreza Safikhani, Ali Akbar Haghdoost, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Bagher Larijani
Published in:
Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders
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Issue 2/2020
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Excerpt
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) affected 8,366,417 people, and caused 450,087 deaths over the time up to 19 June 2020 [
1]. Nearly 856,650 confirmed cases of covid-19 were related to Eastern Mediterranean region [
1]. The COVID-19 crisis affected Iran similar to other countries in the world and region, and 184,955 confirmed cases reported till 13 June 2020 in Iran [
2]. …