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The Epidemiology of COVID-19 in the Gansu and Jinlin Provinces, China

The COVID-19 outbreak has become a pandemic. The outbreak was able to be controlled in China by mid-April through the implementation of critical measures; however, significant reverse transmission has resulted in hot spots perturbing prevention and control. To date, there have only been a total of 9...

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Autores principales: Fan, Jingchun, Hambly, Brett D., Bao, Shisan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7517784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33042952
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.555550
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description The COVID-19 outbreak has become a pandemic. The outbreak was able to be controlled in China by mid-April through the implementation of critical measures; however, significant reverse transmission has resulted in hot spots perturbing prevention and control. To date, there have only been a total of 92 indigenous COVID-19 cases confirmed in the Gansu Province, which is considered to be a consequence of the strict screening approach applied during the outbreak. The emergency response level to COVID-19 were able to be decreased from high to low, despite some relatively minor reverse transmission cases from other countries in March 2020. The stringent preparative measures undertaken by the Gansu authorities, involving high-level, streamlined cooperation between the transportation, quarantine, and medical resource departments, have underpinned this success. There has been an emergence of clusters of freshly infected COVID-19 patients in the Jilin Province in northeast China. The single largest cluster has been in Shulan of the Jilin Province, involving 43 confirmed infections. A strict lockdown was implemented immediately. The source of the current outbreak of COVID-19 is suggested to be travelers returning from Russia. The current strategy from the Chinese authorities is aimed at preventing reverse transmission via international importation to avert a rebound of COVID-19 in China. These data highlight the need for an exceptionally high level of vigilance and for a pre-emptive response that is informative for the development of policy to prevent a second and further waves of infections in general.
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spelling pubmed-75177842020-10-09 The Epidemiology of COVID-19 in the Gansu and Jinlin Provinces, China Fan, Jingchun Hambly, Brett D. Bao, Shisan Front Public Health Public Health The COVID-19 outbreak has become a pandemic. The outbreak was able to be controlled in China by mid-April through the implementation of critical measures; however, significant reverse transmission has resulted in hot spots perturbing prevention and control. To date, there have only been a total of 92 indigenous COVID-19 cases confirmed in the Gansu Province, which is considered to be a consequence of the strict screening approach applied during the outbreak. The emergency response level to COVID-19 were able to be decreased from high to low, despite some relatively minor reverse transmission cases from other countries in March 2020. The stringent preparative measures undertaken by the Gansu authorities, involving high-level, streamlined cooperation between the transportation, quarantine, and medical resource departments, have underpinned this success. There has been an emergence of clusters of freshly infected COVID-19 patients in the Jilin Province in northeast China. The single largest cluster has been in Shulan of the Jilin Province, involving 43 confirmed infections. A strict lockdown was implemented immediately. The source of the current outbreak of COVID-19 is suggested to be travelers returning from Russia. The current strategy from the Chinese authorities is aimed at preventing reverse transmission via international importation to avert a rebound of COVID-19 in China. These data highlight the need for an exceptionally high level of vigilance and for a pre-emptive response that is informative for the development of policy to prevent a second and further waves of infections in general. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7517784/ /pubmed/33042952 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.555550 Text en Copyright © 2020 Fan, Hambly and Bao. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title The Epidemiology of COVID-19 in the Gansu and Jinlin Provinces, China
title_full The Epidemiology of COVID-19 in the Gansu and Jinlin Provinces, China
title_fullStr The Epidemiology of COVID-19 in the Gansu and Jinlin Provinces, China
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title_short The Epidemiology of COVID-19 in the Gansu and Jinlin Provinces, China
title_sort epidemiology of covid-19 in the gansu and jinlin provinces, china
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7517784/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33042952
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