COVID-19: public health management of the first two confirmed cases identified in the UK
| Autor: | W. Morton, Peter E. Manley, Kirsty Foster, A. Quinney, Mike Gent, Ang Li, Maria Zambon, C. Hutchinson, Christopher J A Duncan, Gavin Dabrera, Adrian Wensley, S. Coles, Simon Padfield, Ben Holden, Matthias Schmid, Patrick J. Lillie, S. Anaraki, Gwenda Hughes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak From the Field Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Epidemiology Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Pneumonia Viral Betacoronavirus respiratory infections Emerging infections medicine Humans Pandemics Reino unido SARS-CoV-2 emerging infections Public health COVID-19 United Kingdom Coronavirus Infectious Diseases Geography Family medicine Contact Tracing Coronavirus Infections Public Health Administration Contact tracing |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiology and Infection |
| ISSN: | 1469-4409 0950-2688 |
| Popis: | We report key learning from the public health management of the first two confirmed cases of COVID-19 identified in the UK. The first case imported, and the second associated with probable person-to-person transmission within the UK. Contact tracing was complex and fast-moving. Potential exposures for both cases were reviewed, and 52 contacts were identified. No further confirmed COVID-19 cases have been linked epidemiologically to these two cases. As steps are made to enhance contact tracing across the UK, the lessons learned from earlier contact tracing during the country's containment phase are particularly important and timely. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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