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Hashemi-Shahri S M, Barfar E, Ansari-Moghaddam A, Khammarnia M, Setoodehzadeh F, Okati-Aliabad H. Economic Consequences of COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa Region Countries. J Adv Med Biomed Res 2020; 28 (131) :304-306
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Economic Consequences of COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa Region Countries
Seyed Mohammad Hashemi-Shahri1 , Eshagh Barfar * 2, Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam1 , Mohammad Khammarnia1 , Fatemeh Setoodehzadeh1 , Hassan Okati-Aliabad1
1- Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
2- Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran , eshaghbarfar@gmail.com
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From the first reported case of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on December 30, 2019 in Wuhan, China, the number of confirmed cases of the disease has been increased continuously and exponentially up to now. The event has emerged as a clear threat to global health such that the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the outbreak of the disease a pandemic on March 11, 2020. The disease has infected approximately 195,000 people and killed about 7,700 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. As COVID-19 is spreading globally, its economic consequences also mounting across all countries. This perspective research designed to examine briefly the economic consequences of COVID-19 on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Countries.

Keywords: Coronavirus Disease 2019, COVID-19, Economic Consequences, MENA
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✅This perspective research designed to examine briefly the economic consequences of COVID-19 on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Countries.


Type of Study: Short Communication | Subject: Health improvement strategies
Received: 2020/05/5 | Accepted: 2020/09/9 | Published: 2020/10/21
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