COVID-19 outbreak at a reception centre for asylum seekers in Espoo, Finland
| Autor: | K. Sugulle, Timothee Dub, O. Snellman, Jussi Sane, K. Kontunen, T. Turunen, Nina Ekström, Otto Helve, Niina Ikonen, I. Hussein, P. Hieta, Anu Haveri, Merit Melin |
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| Přispěvatelé: | HUS Children and Adolescents |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Refugee Reception centre Epidemiology Attack rate Article law.invention law Quarantine JV1-9480 Medicine Mass screening business.industry Medical record Public health Outbreak Migrant COVID-19 3142 Public health care science environmental and occupational health 3121 General medicine internal medicine and other clinical medicine Family medicine Sample collection Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Migration and Health, Vol 3, Iss, Pp 100043-(2021) Journal of Migration and Health |
| ISSN: | 2666-6235 |
| Popis: | Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Background shared accommodation may increase the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission. In April 2020, an increasing number of asylum seekers at a reception centre in Espoo, Finland presented with COVID-19 despite earlier implementation of preventive measures. We decided to screen the entire population of the centre for SARS-CoV-2. Methods we offered nasopharyngeal swab collection and SARS-CoV-2 real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis to the centre's clients. Symptoms were recorded at the time of diagnostic sample collection using electronic forms and followed up for two weeks through phone interviews and a review of medical records. Findings 260 clients were screened. Of them, 96 (37%) were found positive for SARS-CoV-2 and isolated. The high attack rate prompted the local public health authority to set the other clients in quarantine for 14 days to prevent further spread. Of the positive cases, 61 (64%) reported having had symptoms at the time of the screening or one week prior. Of the 35 initially asymptomatic individuals, 12 developed symptoms during follow-up, while 23 (or 18% of all screened SARS-CoV-2 positive clients) remained asymptomatic. No widespread transmission of COVID-19 was detected after the quarantine was lifted. Interpretation in this large COVID-19 outbreak, voluntary mass screening provided valuable information about its extent and helped guide the public health response. Comprehensive quarantine and isolation measures were likely instrumental in containing the outbreak. Funding Finnish Institution for Health and Welfare, Finnish Immigration Agency, City of Espoo |
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