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cord-255604-hnbzidf3	Liu, Liping	Approaches to global stroke care during the COVID-19 pandemic	2020-05-23		.txt	text/plain	1262	82	61	1 This pandemic has presented a major challenge to the care of patients with other medical conditions such as stroke, which affects 1 in 4 people over the age of 25 in their lifetime and kills about 5.5 million each year. 4 The latest survey data collected from the Chinese Stroke Center Alliance showed that among 328 hospitals during the period of pandemic, the admission rate of patients who had a stroke decreased by as much as 60%-80%. In addition, the ability of a hospital to care for patients who had a stroke may diminish due to the need to minimise exposure and reallocate work force and resources. Fourth, healthcare providers, including emergency medical physicians, are being infected at a higher percentage in certain countries, which may decrease the work force providing stroke care. 16 Based on these statements and a need to call for uninterrupted stroke care during this pandemic, this work group has composed the following recommendations:	./cache/cord-255604-hnbzidf3.txt	./txt/cord-255604-hnbzidf3.txt