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Theme Issue: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak Rapid Reports (1517) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1349) Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness and Management (1727) JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2452) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1041) Infectious Diseases (non-STD/STI) (1575) Telehealth and Telemonitoring (1671)

Published on in Vol 7, No 2 (2021): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/24445, first published .
Telehealth Demand Trends During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Top 50 Most Affected Countries: Infodemiological Evaluation

Telehealth Demand Trends During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Top 50 Most Affected Countries: Infodemiological Evaluation

Telehealth Demand Trends During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Top 50 Most Affected Countries: Infodemiological Evaluation

Authors of this article:

Mark Yu Zheng Wong1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Dinesh Visva Gunasekeran2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Simon Nusinovici2, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Charumathi Sabanayagam2, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Khung Keong Yeo4, 5 Author Orcid Image ;   Ching-Yu Cheng2, 3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Yih-Chung Tham2, 4 Author Orcid Image
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