ABSTRACT
This article is born out of the concern about the moment that the world is going through, in the fight against a world-wide pandemic, and seeks to discuss what it will mean for cities as we know them today. Regarding the innovations and responses that will arise in the way of planning post-pandemic cities of Covid-19, there are more questions than answers and for the moment what is most valid is the reflection on the subject to build questions that encourage new research and approaches to the theme of urban planning. To reflect on possible responses of urbanism today, a review is made of the historiography of urbanism, since its emergence in the late 19th century, discussing how the response of urban planning was during the pandemics and epidemics of the 19th and 20th centuries. This topic is debated, explaining that urbanism appears and develops seeking to create conditions in which the contagion and emergence of new epidemics does not happen, addressing cases of interventions and urban plans in Europe and Brazil. Finally, data from the WHO and the UN are pointed out that demonstrate that the pandemic scenario may become habitual and, the reflexes already observed in cities and societies, to reflect on a possible response of urban planning for the post Covid-19 and for the role of architects and urban planners in the face of this crisis. It reinforces the idea that cities reflect society, and that this response depends on changes that impact the economy and social organization.
ABSTRACT
Novel coronavirus 2019 is a single-stranded, ribonucleic acid virus that has led to an international pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019. Clinical data from the Chinese outbreak have been reported, but experiences and recommendations from clinical practice during the Italian outbreak have not. We report the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak on regional and national healthcare infrastructure. We also report on recommendations based on clinical experiences of managing patients throughout Italy. In particular, we describe key elements of clinical management, including: safe oxygen therapy; airway management; personal protective equipment; and non-technical aspects of caring for patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019. Only through planning, training and team working will clinicians and healthcare systems be best placed to deal with the many complex implications of this new pandemic.