• Julio Croda, OliveiraWanderson Kleber deWKMinistério da Saúde, Secretária de Vigilância em Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brasil., Rodrigo Lins Frutuoso, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, Djane Clarys Baia-da-Silva, José Diego Brito-Sousa, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, and Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda.
• Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Faculdade de Medicina, Campo Grande, MS, Brasil.
• Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. 2020 Jan 1; 53: e20200167.

AbstractThe outbreak of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reported for the first time in Wuhan, China in late December 2019 have rapidly spread to other countries and it was declared on January 30, 2020 as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization. Before the first COVID-19 cases were reported in Brazil, several measures have been implemented including the adjustment of legal framework to carry out isolation and quarantine. As the cases increased significantly, new measures, mainly to reduce mortality and severe cases, have also been implemented. Rapid and robust preparedness actions have been undertaken in Brazil while first cases have not yet been identified in Latin-American. The outcome of this early preparation should be analyzed in future studies.

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