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22.09.2020 | COVID-19 | Letter to the Editor
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Bariatric Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic—the Perspective of Physicians and Patients
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Obesity Surgery
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In December 2019, a new virus from the coronavirus strain has caused pneumonia in patients in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization (WHO) named the virus COVID-19, which rapidly became pandemic. According to the WHO report on September 2, 2020, the total confirmed COVID-19 cases were 25,602,665, of whom 852,758 have died. Mortality from COVID-19 is higher than that from influenza A, severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus (SARS-CoV), and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) [
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