Browsing by Subject "Quarantine"
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Community quarantine strategy against coronavirus disease 2019 in Anhui: an evaluation based on trauma center patients
(2020-04-06)[Abstract]. Objective: The objective of our study was to introduce community quarantine strategy against coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) in Anhui and evaluate the effectiveness of community quarantine based on trauma ... -
Considerações para quarentena de indivíduos no contexto de contenção da doença causada pelo novo coronavírus (COVID-19): Orientação provisória (19 de março de 2020)
(2020-03-19)[Introdução]: O objetivo deste documento é oferecer orientações aos Estados membros sobre medidas de quarentena para indivíduos no contexto da COVID-19. Esse documento é voltado para aqueles que são responsáveis por definir ... -
Contact tracing strategies for COVID-19 containment with attenuated physical distancing
(2020-05-08)Contact tracing has been recommended as a critical component of containment strategies for COVID-19. We used a simple epidemic model to evaluate how contact tracing might enable partial relaxation of current physical ... -
Estimates of the ongoing need for social distancing and control measures post-"lockdown" from trajectories of COVID-19 cases and mortality
(2020-05-05)By 29th April 2020, COVID-19 had caused more than 3 million cases across more than 200 countries. And most countries with significant outbreaks had introduced social distancing or "lockdown" measures to reduce viral ... -
Evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews for controlling the dissemination of COVID-19 infection. A narrative review
(2020-07)BACKGROUND: COVID-19 infection has high transmissibility and several measures have been adopted for controlling its dissemination. OBJECTIVE: To identify and summarize the evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews (SRs) ... -
How and when to end the COVID-19 lockdown: an optimisation approach
(2020-05-02)Countries around the world are in a state of lockdown to help limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2. However, as the number of new daily confirmed cases begins to decrease, governments must decide how to release their populations ... -
Intervenciones físicas para prevenir la propagación de virus respiratorios
(2020-03-24)¿Qué es esto? La llegada de un nuevo virus respiratorio, como el COVID-19, es seguida por un plazo para desarrollar vacunas y tratamientos; estos pueden tener un efecto limitado en contener o interrumpir la propagación del ... -
Intervenções físicas para prevenir a propagação de vírus respiratórios
(2020-03-24)O que é isto? A chegada de um novo vírus respiratório, como o COVID-19, é sucedida por um tempo de desenvolvimento de vacinas e tratamentos, e estes podem ter um efeito limitado na contenção ou interrupção da propagação ... -
Interventions physiques visant à stopper ou réduire la propagation des virus respiratoires
(2020-03-24)Qu’est-ce que c’est ? L’arrivée d’un nouveau virus respiratoire, tel que le COVID-19, est suivie d’un délai pour la mise au point de vaccins et de traitements, et ceux-ci peuvent avoir un effet limité pour contenir ou ... -
National Response to COVID-19 in the Republic of Korea and Lessons Learned for Other Countries
(2020-04-29)In the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) had the second highest number of cases globally yet was able to dramatically lower the incidence of new cases and sustain a low mortality ... -
Optimal strategies for quarantine stopping in France. General expected patterns of strategies focusing on contact between age groups
(2020-04-24)Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have implemented a complete lock-down of their population that may not be sustainable for long. To identify the best strategy to replace this full lock-down, sophisticated models ... -
Physical interventions to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses
(2020-03-16)What is this? The arrival of a new respiratory virus, such as COVID-19, is followed by a lead-time for the development of vaccines and treatments, and these may have a limited effect in containing or interrupting spread ... -
Projection of hospitalization by COVID-19 in Brazil following different social distances policies
(2020-05-15)Following the first infections in the Wuhan City, COVID-19 became a global pandemic as declared by the World Health Organization (WHO). Since it is an airborne disease transmitted between humans, many countries adopted a ... -
Quarantine alone or in combination with other public health measures to control COVID‐19: a rapid review
(2020-09-14)Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a rapidly emerging disease classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). To support the WHO with their recommendations on quarantine, we conducted a ... -
Quarentena isolada ou em combinação com outras medidas de saúde pública para controlar a COVID‐19: uma revisão rápida
(2020-09-14)Introdução: A doença causada pelo Coronavirus em 2019 (COVID‐19) é uma doença em rápido crescimento que foi classificada como uma pandemia pela Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS). Para apoiar a OMS com suas recomendações ... -
Related Health Factors of Psychological Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain
(2020-06-02)Measures to prevent and contain the COVID-19 health crisis include population confinement, with the consequent isolation and interruption of their usual activities. The aim of the study is to analyse psychological distress ... -
The role of asymptomatic class, quarantine and isolation in the transmission of COVID-19
(2020-06-05)We formulate a deterministic epidemic model for the spread of Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19). We have included asymptomatic, quarantine and isolation compartments in the model, as studies have stressed upon the importance ... -
Social network-based distancing strategies to flatten the COVID-19 curve in a post-lockdown world
(2020-06-04)Social distancing and isolation have been widely introduced to counter the COVID-19 pandemic. Adverse social, psychological and economic consequences of a complete or near-complete lockdown demand the development of more ... -
Why is it difficult to accurately predict the COVID-19 epidemic?
(2020-03-25)Since the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan City in December of 2019, numerous model predictions on the COVID-19 epidemics in Wuhan and other parts of China have been reported. These model predictions have shown a wide range of ...