Outbreak investigation in cargo ship in times of COVID-19 crisis, Port of Santos, Brazil

In February 2020, a Chinese cargo ship docked at the Port of Santos with reports of crew members with a feverish and respiratory condition. A team was gathered to verify the existence of suspected cases of COVID-19 inside the vessel and define its clearance. All 25 crew members were interviewed, and...

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Autores principales: Fernandes, Eder Gatti, Santos, Janice da Silva, Sato, Helena Keico
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo 2020
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7100949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32236385
http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054002461
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description In February 2020, a Chinese cargo ship docked at the Port of Santos with reports of crew members with a feverish and respiratory condition. A team was gathered to verify the existence of suspected cases of COVID-19 inside the vessel and define its clearance. All 25 crew members were interviewed, and no suspected cases were found. The vessel was then cleared for port activities. The investigation resulted from the implementation of the contingency plan to face a public health emergency of international importance and several surveillance entities cooperated.
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spelling pubmed-71009492020-04-02 Outbreak investigation in cargo ship in times of COVID-19 crisis, Port of Santos, Brazil Fernandes, Eder Gatti Santos, Janice da Silva Sato, Helena Keico Rev Saude Publica Brief Communication In February 2020, a Chinese cargo ship docked at the Port of Santos with reports of crew members with a feverish and respiratory condition. A team was gathered to verify the existence of suspected cases of COVID-19 inside the vessel and define its clearance. All 25 crew members were interviewed, and no suspected cases were found. The vessel was then cleared for port activities. The investigation resulted from the implementation of the contingency plan to face a public health emergency of international importance and several surveillance entities cooperated. Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo 2020-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7100949/ /pubmed/32236385 http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054002461 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Outbreak investigation in cargo ship in times of COVID-19 crisis, Port of Santos, Brazil
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