Molecular testing and analysis of disease spreading during the emergence of COVID-19 in Macaé, the Brazilian National Capital of Oil

Autor: Bruno da Costa Rodrigues, Keity Jaqueline Chagas Vilela Nocchi, Rodrigo Brindeiro, Jhenifer Nascimento da Silva, Natália Martins Feitosa, Cintia Monteiro-de-Barros, Carina Azevedo Oliveira Silva, Daniele das Graças dos Santos, Carla Zilberberg, Ana Cristina Petry, Taynan Motta Portal, Raphael de Mello Carpes, Diego Henrique Silvestre, Lupis Ribeiro Gomes Neto, Raquel de Souza Gestinari, Layza Mendes Brandão, Manuela Leal da Silva, Rodrigo Nunes-da-Fonseca, Graziele Fonseca de Sousa, Renata Coutinho dos Santos, Jackson Souza-Menezes, Leandro de Oliveira Drummond, José Luciano Nepomuceno-Silva, Amilcar Tanuri, Allan Pierre Bonetti Pozzobon, Flavia Borges Mury, Alessandra da Silva de Alvarenga, Janimayri Forastieri de Almeida, Márcio José de Medeiros
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
Scientific Reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Popis: The Brazilian strategy to overcome the spread of COVID-19 has been particularly criticized due to the lack of a national coordinating effort and an appropriate testing program. Here, a successful approach to control the spread of COVID-19 transmission is described by the engagement of public (university and governance) and private sectors (hospitals and oil companies) in Macaé, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a city known as the National Oil Capital. In 2020 between the 17th and 38th epidemiological week, over two percent of the 206,728 citizens were subjected to symptom analysis and RT-qPCR testing by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, with positive individuals being notified up to 48 h after swab collection. Geocodification and spatial cluster analysis were used to limit COVID-19 spreading in Macaé. Within the first semester after the outbreak of COVID-19 in Brazil, Macaé recorded 1.8% of fatalities associated with COVID-19 up to the 38th epidemiological week, which was at least five times lower than the state capital (10.6%). Overall, considering the successful experience of this joint effort of private and public engagement in Macaé, our data suggest that the development of a similar strategy countrywise could have contributed to a better control of the COVID-19 spread in Brazil. Quarantine decree by the local administration, comprehensive molecular testing coupled to scientific analysis of COVID-19 spreading, prevented the catastrophic consequences of the pandemic as seen in other populous cities within the state of Rio de Janeiro and elsewhere in Brazil.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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