Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Mitigation Efforts and Testing During an In-Person Training Event-Uganda, 12-29 October 2020.
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
mitigation
testing
trainings
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:
15 07 2021
15 07 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
30
4
2021
medline:
21
7
2021
entrez:
29
4
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Large public-health training events may result in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission. Universal SARS-CoV-2 testing during trainings for the Uganda Population-based HIV Impact Assessment identified 28 of 475 (5.9%) individuals with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among attendees; most (89.3%) were asymptomatic. Until COVID-19 vaccine is readily available for staff and participants, effective COVID-19 mitigation measures, along with SARS-CoV-2 testing, are recommended for in-person trainings, particularly when trainees will have subsequent contact with survey participants.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33912911
pii: 6257593
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab331
pmc: PMC8135603
doi:
Substances chimiques
COVID-19 Vaccines
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
S42-S44Subventions
Organisme : PEPFAR
ID : NU2GGH002173
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Published by Oxford University Press for the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021.