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Risk assessment of corona virus: Implementing hierarchy of hazard control in workplaces Fatma Demircan YildirimIsmail Ekmekci<p>The novel coronavirus or the other name Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 among a group of patients that have the same symtoms of viral pneumonia. Due to the socio-economic factors in Zhuhai, Wuhan and globalization have also accelerated the spread of infectious diseases to the other parts of China and the world [1,2], The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Covid-19 a public health emergency of international concern as of 1 February 2020 and epidemic as pandemic on 12 March 2020. The virus spreads very rapidly and globally, as of 25 February 2021, there have been more than 113 million confirmed cases of Covid-19, including more than 2.5 million deaths, reported to WHO.</p> Archives of Preventive Medicine - Peertechz Publications 2021-03-02 Mini Review https://doi.org/10.17352/apm.000027 en Copyright © Fatma Demircan Yildirim et al.