no code implementations • 3 Mar 2022 • Paulo Roberto de Lima Gianfelice, Ricardo Sovek Oyarzabal, Americo Cunha Jr, Jose Mario Vicensi Grzybowski, Fernando da Conceição Batista, Elbert E. N. Macau
Considering Rio de Janeiro city (Brazil) as an example, the first diagnosis of this disease occurred in March 2020, but the exact moment when the local spread of the virus started is uncertain as the Brazilian epidemiological surveillance system was not widely prepared to detect suspected cases of COVID-19 at that time.