Master in Food Ethics and Law

UNESCO Chair in Bioethics

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  • Bioethics and Law Observatory
  • UNESCO Chair in Bioethics
  • University of Barcelona
  • Faculty of Law
  • Ave. Diagonal, 684
  • 08034 Barcelona
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • obd.ub@ub.edu
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  • Master in Bioethics and Law
  • (+34) 93 403 45 46
  • master.bd@ub.edu

 

"Scientific and ethical basis for social-distancing interventions against COVID-19"

The Lancet

On   Dec   31,   2019,   the   WHO   China   Country   Office   received   notice   of   a   cluster   of   pneumonia   cases   of   unknown   aetiology   in   the   Chinese   city   of   Wuhan,   Hubei  province.1  The  incidence  of  coronavirus  disease  2019   (COVID­19;   caused   by   severe   acute   respiratory   syndrome  coronavirus  2  [SARS­CoV­2])  has  since  risen  exponentially,   now   affecting   all   WHO   regions.