Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Response in Zimbabwe: A Call for Urgent Scale-up of Testing to meet National Capacity.
COVID-19
Zimbabwe
capacity
diagnostics
testing
Journal
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
ISSN: 1537-6591
Titre abrégé: Clin Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9203213
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
18 05 2021
18 05 2021
Historique:
received:
01
08
2020
accepted:
27
08
2020
pubmed:
1
9
2020
medline:
21
5
2021
entrez:
1
9
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) heavily relies on universal access to testing in order to identify who is infected; track them to make sure they do not spread the disease further; and trace those with whom they have been in contact. The recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Zimbabwe is an urgent national public health concern and requires coordinated efforts to scale up testing using the capacity already in existence in the country. There is a need for substantial decentralization of testing, investment in better working conditions for frontline health workers, and the implementation of measures to curb corruption within government structures.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32865204
pii: 5899551
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1301
pmc: PMC7499560
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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