First COVID-19 cases with high secondary infection among health workers, Sana’a capital, April 2020: Lessons learned and future opportunities
| العنوان: | First COVID-19 cases with high secondary infection among health workers, Sana’a capital, April 2020: Lessons learned and future opportunities |
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| المؤلفون: | Mohammed Qairan, Mohammed Al Amad, Ehab Al-Sakkaf, Abdulwahed Al Serouri, Abdulhakim Al-Kohlani, Yasser Ghaleb, Esmail Al-Dabis |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 110, Iss, Pp S6-S10 (2021) |
| بيانات النشر: | Elsevier BV, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Male, 0301 basic medicine, Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, Yemen, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Health Personnel, Secondary infection, 030106 microbiology, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Humans, Infection control, 030212 general & internal medicine, Transmission risks and rates, Coinfection, SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, Public health, COVID-19, Outbreak, General Medicine, Health Workers, Infectious Diseases, Male patient, Family medicine, Contact Tracing, business, Contact tracing |
| الوصف: | Objectives Confirm existence of COVID-19 outbreak, conduct contact tracing, and recommend control measures. Methods Two COVID-19 cases in Sana’a Capital met the WHO case definition. Data were collected from cases and contacts who were followed for 14 days. Nasopharyngeal swabs were taken for confirmation by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Results Two confirmed Yemeni male patients aged 20 and 40 years who had no travel history were admitted to hospital on 24 April 2020. Regarding the first patient, symptoms started on April 18th, 2020 then the patient improved and was discharged on May 5th, while the second patient’s symptoms started on April 22nd but the patient died on April 29th, 2020. Both patients had 54 contacts, 17 (32%) were health workers (HWs). Four contacts (7%) were confirmed, two of them were HWs that needed hospitalization. The secondary attack rate (sAR) was 12% among HWs compared to 5% among other contacts. Conclusions First COVID-19 outbreak was confirmed among Yemeni citizens with a high sAR among HWs. Strict infection control among HWs should be ensured. Physical distancing and mask-wearing with appropriate disinfecting measures should be promoted especially among contacts. There is a need to strengthen national capacities to assess, detect, and respond to public health emergencies. |
| تدمد: | 1201-9712 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::4c785ad8d72dbf55875967c6a4397e62Test https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.04.022Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....4c785ad8d72dbf55875967c6a4397e62 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 12019712 |
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