The COVID-19 pandemic is overwhelming many national healthcare networks and crippling many economies. As of 24 April 2020 (11:08AM GMT), a total of 2721,354 confirmed cases, 191,231 deaths and 745,605 recovered cases have been recorded in over 150 countries.1 To date, the reported case-fatality varies from 2.3% (in China) to 7.2% (in Italy), with substantially higher fatality among older populations, and those with co-morbidities.2
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