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cord-298918-o1bmulz3	Khosrawipour, Veria	Failure in initial stage containment of global COVID‐19 epicenters	2020-04-28		.txt	text/plain	1317	90	55	We analyzed available data on COVID‐19 cases of eight majorly affected countries, including China, Italy, Iran, Germany, France, Spain, South Korea, and Japan. 8, 9 The aim of this study is to evaluate and compare case development, growth rate and doubling time during the initial phase of COVID-19 exposure for each respective country. The present study included F I G U R E 1 Cumulative development of COVID-19 cases in China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, and Iran according to WHO data. Data for the months of January, February and March and magnification of latest case developments outside of China F I G U R E 2 Cumulative development of COVID-19 cases in China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, and Spain within the first and second 3-week intervals. The first 6 weeks after initial reports of COVID-19 cases in Italy, France, Spain, Iran, South Korea, Japan, Germany, and China were subject to analysis.	./cache/cord-298918-o1bmulz3.txt	./txt/cord-298918-o1bmulz3.txt