Shortfalls in home quarantine for COVID-19 prevention: a case report

Quarantine of COVID-19 high risk groups is one strategy of interrupting chains of transmissions of the disease. We describe a COVID-19 imported case placed under home quarantine that resulted in 8 local transmission cases at the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic in Botswana. This case report highli...

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Autores principales: Mbenge, Chidzani Catherine, Tlale, Lebapotswe, Ntoni, Lisani, Mokgethi, Naledi, Kololo, Sidney Otladisa, Pharatlhatlhe, Rinett, Molefi, Tuduetso
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7796838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33456663
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.37.1.27058
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Sumario:Quarantine of COVID-19 high risk groups is one strategy of interrupting chains of transmissions of the disease. We describe a COVID-19 imported case placed under home quarantine that resulted in 8 local transmission cases at the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic in Botswana. This case report highlights that home quarantine if not well managed can lead to a surge in local cases and drawing from the literature we propose recommendations of strengthening home quarantine.

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