Assessment of Medical Waste Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Assessment of Medical Waste Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic
April 14, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, was first
identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization
declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in
January 2020 and a pandemic in March 2020. It is an ongoing pandemic of coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). As of 5 January 2021, more than 85.6 million cases
have been confirmed, with more than 1.85 million deaths attributed to COVID-19.