COVID-19 detected from targeted contact tracing, attempting to see the pattern in random happenings: early lessons in Malaysia

ABSTRACT

@#The world feels strange as we face what is for most of us ourfirst ever pandemic. The number of newly diagnosed casesrises daily in many parts of the world, and we are faced withthe reality that there are still many things to learn about thisnew disease. We share here our experience of treating ourfirst 199 COVID-19 patients in the Hospital Canselor TuankuMuhriz, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia(PPUKM).