Journal of epidemiology
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Journal of epidemiology · Aug 2020
Observational StudyEarly SNS-Based Monitoring System for the COVID-19 Outbreak in Japan: A Population-Level Observational Study.
The World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) to be a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Large-scale monitoring for capturing the current epidemiological situation of COVID-19 in Japan would improve preparation for and prevention of a massive outbreak. ⋯ COOPERA is the first real-time system being used to monitor trends in COVID-19 in Japan and provides useful insights to assist political decisions to tackle the epidemic.