[Gastrointestinal and general surgery during the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) epidemic]

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic that began in Wuhan, China, at the end of December 2019 has developed into a pandemic declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020, and is expected to be followed by an epidemic in the near future Six months have passed Currently (as of September 20, 2020), the number of cases and deaths in 196 countries and territories is reported to be more than 30 84 million and 950,000, respectively, according to a summary released by national authorities In Japan, 78,657 cases and 1,500 deaths were reported