Juliana Schons Gularte1*, Glaucia Rigotto Caruso2, Rômulo Neris3
On January 30th, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO)declared the outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)to be a PublicHealth Emergency of International Importance. Alittle more than a month later, with the spread of Severe AcuteRespiratorySyndrome-RelatedCoronavirus2(SARS-CoV-2)virus, the WHO characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic. InBrazil, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed on February25th, 2020, relating to a 61-year-old Brazilian man who hadtraveledinthesamemonthtoLombardy,NorthernItaly.