COVID-19 outbreak study in San Andres Islands, September 2020
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https://doi.org/10.33610/01229907.2021v3n4a2Keywords:
Coronavirus infections, Public Health Surveillance, COVID-19 outbreaksAbstract
Introduction: In Colombia, to control SARS-Cov2, the PRASS strategy (tests, tracing, and sustainable selective isolation) was developed, which sought to detect cases, isolate them, control the chain and speed of transmission of the virus. The objective of this research is to analyze the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the positive cases detected in the active community search for COVID-19 in San Andres Islands.
Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study, carried out between September 04 and 29, 2020. For the collection of information, Community Active Search was carried out, taking into account the criteria established for the definition of a probable case for COVID-19, in the 13 prioritized neighborhoods. Descriptive analyzes of the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the cases were carried out using Microsoft Excel®, Access, and Epi-info 7.2 software.
Results: In the BAC, 592 cases were reported by RT-PCR and Antigen, of which 56,4 % belonged to the female sex, the highest proportion was observed in the group of 30 and 39 years (21,6 %), the highest number of cases occurred in the Natania (14,9 %) and School House (8,6 %) neighborhoods. 78,7 % of the cases did not present comorbidities; 7,3 % had diabetes and 3 % had asthma. 24,3 % of the cases were asymptomatic, the most frequent symptoms were cough (25,0 %), fever (16,4 %) and headache (14,7 %). In the analysis of the distribution of comorbidities and symptoms by age group, it was shown that it is not statistically significant.
Conclusions: The COVID-19 outbreak was confirmed in the 11 prioritized neighborhoods on San Andres Islands, which made it possible to characterize and isolate positive cases. In turn, recommendations were made to the municipal health secretary about control measures to contain the virus.
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