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Authors: Aftab Ahmad[a] , Ahmad Donia[a] , Parveen Ali[b] , Nasim Akhtar[c] , Habib Bokhari[a][i] 

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 COMSATS University Islamabad
  2. Health Sciences School Division of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sheffield UK
  3. Pakistan Instiute of Medical Sciences Islamabad
  1. habib@comsats.edu.pk

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Plagiarism check done[edit source]

Pass. Report from WMF copyvios tool: 1% Plagiarism (nothing relevant), 99% Unique. Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 09:00, 12 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Editorial comments[edit source]

Editorial copy-editing[edit source]


Comments by Steven Fruitsmaak ,
These editorial comments were submitted on , and refer to this previous version of the article

While Alaa Najjar is the Editor coordinating peer review of this manuscript, I have taken the liberty of making some Editorial copy-edits to your manuscript to improve grammar and spelling and make it consistent with our Journal's style.

Specifically, your submission was discussed within the Editorial Board and it was felt that some of the language, particularly in the abstract, needed to be more neutral and less "sensational".

Please review these changes and check whether any errors were introduced.

References formatting[edit source]


Comments by Alaa Najjar ,
These editorial comments were submitted on , and refer to this previous version of the article

After finished formatting up references with our Journal's style and before proceeding with peer reviewers, I've few notes about references:

  • There's 3 references I can’t found their use on the text (1) WHO main website (2) WHO Situation report –38 (3) Wei P et al, 2016
  • About (Fan Y et al, 2019), mentioned as an example on "Discussion: What We Have Learnt and Way Forward?" section, so it's not a reference?
  • About worldometers (ref.17) used three times, and there's no mentioned access date, and it's important here as this website updates daily. (Same thing with ref.18 "CEBM", it's published on 17 March 2020 and updated till 9 June 2020).
  • All news websites need access date also, and ref.49 (bbc news) does not work.
  • Ref.51 ("J.P. Morgan". Encyclopædia Britannica.) it should be further detalied.

So please fix them (Note: remember that every statement needs a verifiable reference and an access date).


Comments by Ozzie10aaaa ,
These editorial comments were submitted on , and refer to this previous version of the article

I would like to thank you Alaa, for your reference formatting; Dr Shafee had asked me (via email) to take a look at this submission, the first thing that struck me was the lack thereof. I would like to reemphasize what the Peer review coordinator indicated above "remember that every statement needs a verifiable reference", thank you

Tables[edit source]


Comments by Candace Makeda Moore ,
These editorial comments were submitted on , and refer to this previous version of the article

Several tables need to be remade as they are currently problematic.

Table 1. Comorbidities affect the fatality rate of COVID-19 infected patients is completely unclear. A literal reading would imply itwas about the percentage of confirmed COVID cases with these co-morbidities and perhaps the percentage of all cases (of COVID? emergency room visits? sick people?) with such co-morbidities. Is it actually meant to be about fatalities from COVID who had these co-morbidities? Unclear.

Table 4 has a column called "Potential impact during the Ist quarter of 2020". Is this about the first or last quarter? (I hope it is about the first quarter as we are not yet in the last, and that would make these numbers nothing more than educated guesses that will inevitably not stand the test of time.)