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Evacuation of Refugees from Afghanistan: Health Control at the Spanish Border in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Following the announcement of the retreat of troops from Afghanistan, the Spanish Government organised the so-called “Antigone Operation” for the evacuation of Afghan collaborators. The most relevant ministries were involved in the response. The Ministry of Health, through the Foreign Health Departm...

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Autores principales: Dávila, Miguel, López, Patricia, Ramiro-Gonzalez, Maria, Saénz de Urturi, Ana M., Palmera, Rocío del Pilar, Sánchez, Concepción, Wijers, Irene G. M., Moreno, Iratxe, Riesco, Fernando, Oliva, Lourdes, Béjar, Sergio, Vera, Inmaculada, González, Gloria, Carreras, Fernando, Aparicio, Pilar
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10094144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37047908
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075292
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author Dávila, Miguel
López, Patricia
Ramiro-Gonzalez, Maria
Saénz de Urturi, Ana M.
Palmera, Rocío del Pilar
Sánchez, Concepción
Wijers, Irene G. M.
Moreno, Iratxe
Riesco, Fernando
Oliva, Lourdes
Béjar, Sergio
Vera, Inmaculada
González, Gloria
Carreras, Fernando
Aparicio, Pilar
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Wijers, Irene G. M.
Moreno, Iratxe
Riesco, Fernando
Oliva, Lourdes
Béjar, Sergio
Vera, Inmaculada
González, Gloria
Carreras, Fernando
Aparicio, Pilar
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description Following the announcement of the retreat of troops from Afghanistan, the Spanish Government organised the so-called “Antigone Operation” for the evacuation of Afghan collaborators. The most relevant ministries were involved in the response. The Ministry of Health, through the Foreign Health Department, performed the health control on arrival. The whole operation was conducted at an air base. It included the health control of refugees composed of temperature measurement, a basic visual control and a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rapid antigen test for those over 12 years of age; the assessment of their basic needs (food and hygiene); identification and security procedures; and the initial administrative processing. The refugees were accommodated in a temporary facility at the base, where they waited to be transferred to their final destinations. Between 19 and 27 August 2021, 2168 refugees arrived on 17 flights; 680 of them were children under 12 years of age. One thousand four hundred and ninety-nine rapid antigen tests were performed, with one positive result. “Antigone Operation” is unprecedented in Spain and is one of the most complex operations carried out in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic required the establishment of a health control system on arrival, performed by Foreign Health, which contributed significantly to the overall success of the operation.
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spelling pubmed-100941442023-04-13 Evacuation of Refugees from Afghanistan: Health Control at the Spanish Border in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic Dávila, Miguel López, Patricia Ramiro-Gonzalez, Maria Saénz de Urturi, Ana M. Palmera, Rocío del Pilar Sánchez, Concepción Wijers, Irene G. M. Moreno, Iratxe Riesco, Fernando Oliva, Lourdes Béjar, Sergio Vera, Inmaculada González, Gloria Carreras, Fernando Aparicio, Pilar Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Following the announcement of the retreat of troops from Afghanistan, the Spanish Government organised the so-called “Antigone Operation” for the evacuation of Afghan collaborators. The most relevant ministries were involved in the response. The Ministry of Health, through the Foreign Health Department, performed the health control on arrival. The whole operation was conducted at an air base. It included the health control of refugees composed of temperature measurement, a basic visual control and a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rapid antigen test for those over 12 years of age; the assessment of their basic needs (food and hygiene); identification and security procedures; and the initial administrative processing. The refugees were accommodated in a temporary facility at the base, where they waited to be transferred to their final destinations. Between 19 and 27 August 2021, 2168 refugees arrived on 17 flights; 680 of them were children under 12 years of age. One thousand four hundred and ninety-nine rapid antigen tests were performed, with one positive result. “Antigone Operation” is unprecedented in Spain and is one of the most complex operations carried out in recent years. The COVID-19 pandemic required the establishment of a health control system on arrival, performed by Foreign Health, which contributed significantly to the overall success of the operation. MDPI 2023-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10094144/ /pubmed/37047908 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075292 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Dávila, Miguel
López, Patricia
Ramiro-Gonzalez, Maria
Saénz de Urturi, Ana M.
Palmera, Rocío del Pilar
Sánchez, Concepción
Wijers, Irene G. M.
Moreno, Iratxe
Riesco, Fernando
Oliva, Lourdes
Béjar, Sergio
Vera, Inmaculada
González, Gloria
Carreras, Fernando
Aparicio, Pilar
Evacuation of Refugees from Afghanistan: Health Control at the Spanish Border in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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title_full_unstemmed Evacuation of Refugees from Afghanistan: Health Control at the Spanish Border in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_short Evacuation of Refugees from Afghanistan: Health Control at the Spanish Border in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort evacuation of refugees from afghanistan: health control at the spanish border in the context of the covid-19 pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10094144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37047908
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075292
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