@article{c06bc6f601a44fbe80228749de09979c,
title = "Outbreak of health care-associated novel coronavirus (Sars-cov-2) covid-19 infections in the spring of 2020",
abstract = "As the Director General of Keio University Hospital, I hereby document the recent outbreak of health care-associated novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) COVID-19 infections at our hospital in the spring of 2020.",
author = "Yuko Kitagawa",
note = "Funding Information: In this period of just more than 1 month, we dealt with an extremely difficult situation. Despite this, we were able to keep moving forward because of the dedication of our medical workers who continued to provide treatment despite being in a tense situation on the frontline as well as the diligent efforts of all the faculty members supporting them and the great physical and mental support received from all Keio members, Sanshikai members, many patients and other supporters. The battle against COVID-19 will continue for a long time as we continue to search for the ideal means of fighting this infection through Keio{\textquoteright}s medical science and treatment. We will take efforts to use this difficult experience as fuel to recover our functional-ity as a leading global hospital. This article was originally published in the Keio Igaku-bu Shinbun on 20th April 2020 and was reformatted for the Keio Journal o Medcine. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 by The Keio Journal of Medicine.",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.2302/kjm.kjm-covid19-01",
language = "English",
volume = "70",
pages = "1--6",
journal = "Keio Journal of Medicine",
issn = "0022-9717",
publisher = "Keio University School of Medicine",
number = "1",
}