COVID-19 pandemic containment in the Caribbean Region: A review of case-management and public health strategies.
COVID-19
Caribbean
pandemic
quarantine
transmission
vaccine
Journal
AIMS public health
ISSN: 2327-8994
Titre abrégé: AIMS Public Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101635098
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
received:
17
08
2021
accepted:
23
09
2021
entrez:
17
11
2021
pubmed:
18
11
2021
medline:
18
11
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
COVID-19 emerged initially from Wuhan, Hubei province, China, in late December 2019, and since then, it has spread globally to be declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The Caribbean region started reporting COVID-19 cases in early March 2020, triggering new regional public health crises. The initial suspects and confirmed cases across the Caribbean countries were mainly imported cases and from cruise ships. The clinical manifestations varied from fever, cough, and malaise in mild cases to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and shock in severe cases. The Caribbean Public Health Agency has provided frequent updates on the preventive strategies and quarantine measures across the Caribbean member states. COVID-19 has had a serious impact on the Caribbean region's health system, economy, and psychology. This review presents the Caribbean perspective of COVID-19, detailing the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, management, and preventive and surveillance measures. Vaccine hesitancy was found to be a major challenge that needs appropriate health education strategies to address the public. Strong leadership and regional collaboration among the Caribbean member states are necessary to provide optimal real-time data to the public and implement appropriate and effective guidelines in the island states.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34786427
doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2021053
pii: publichealth-08-04-053
pmc: PMC8568592
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Pagination
665-681Informations de copyright
© 2021 the Author(s), licensee AIMS Press.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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