In this issue of the journal, we publish a review of COVID-19 infection by 2 eminent virologists, MacKenzie and Smith (see in this issue). It is too early in the history of the COVID-19 outbreak to write the full history, but their article provides a good outline of the emerging pandemic. The disease is causing widespread social disruption in many countries, and it has just been announced that the 2020 Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Conference has been postponed indefinitely..
