Setting up a temporary isolation tent site for asymptomatic COVID-19 positive male migrant workers in Qatar.

Autor:	Alinier G, Al Badawi AKA; Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Doha, Qatar Email & ORCID ID: galinier@hamad.qa & https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4255-4450., Gharib RZEM; Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Doha, Qatar Email & ORCID ID: galinier@hamad.qa & https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4255-4450., Ramsumar S; Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Doha, Qatar Email & ORCID ID: galinier@hamad.qa & https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4255-4450., Morris BD; Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Doha, Qatar Email & ORCID ID: galinier@hamad.qa & https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4255-4450.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Qatar medical journal [Qatar Med J] 2022 Nov 15; Vol. 2022 (4), pp. 55. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 15 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.5339/qmj.2022.55
Abstrakt:	Background: Qatar has a unique demographic composition, involving hundreds of thousands of male blue-collar workers living in places where physical distancing measures are difficult to implement. This study aimed to describe the rapid development and operations of a temporary isolation facility, which was composed of tents, for asymptomatic COVID-19 positive migrant workers. Design: The government established several temporary isolation facilities to house this important group of the community. This was achieved through daily meetings over a short period, thanks to the collaboration of government and private partners, in parallel to the facility being built and required resources procured. Results: A 3,726-patient capacity isolation facility composed of large tents was constructed in 1 month and was kept operational from April 16 to June 20, 2020. Over that period, it received a total of 18,900 patients. It took 10 days from the decision to set up the first part of the isolation facility to admitting its first occupants. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the implementation of unprecedented global public health and physical distancing measures to contain the spread of the virus among the population. Rapidly opening a temporary COVID-19 isolation facility bought the healthcare sector time to set up more permanent solutions to contain the spread of the virus. (© 2022 Alinier, Al Badawi, Gharib, Ramsumar, Morris, licensee HBKU Press.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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