Faith Community Engagement to Mitigate COVID-19 Transmission Associated with Mass Gathering, Uman, Ukraine, September 2021

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Knust, Barbara ; Wongjindanon, Nuttapong ; Moe, Aye Aye ; Herath, Lasantha ; Kaloy, Wiphan ; Soe, Thin Thin ; Sataranon, Preeyalak ; Oo, Htay Min ; Myat, Kyaw Zaw ; Win, Zarni ; Htet, Myo ; Htike, Min ; Sudhiprapha, Banjong ; Pyone, Aye Aye ; Win, Thet Phyo ; Win, Hnin Zaw ; Sawatwong, Pongpun ; Watthanaworawit, Wanitda ; Ling, Clare ; Gunaratne, Sajith ; Lynn, Sai Aung ; Bhandari, Leena ; Nosten, Francois ; Skaggs, Beth
• Description:
  We developed surveillance guidance for COVID-19 in 9 temporary camps for displaced persons along the Thailand-Myanmar border. Arrangements were made for testing of persons presenting with acute respiratory infection, influenza-like illness, or who met the Thailand national COVID-19 Person Under Investigation case definition. In addition, testing was performed for persons who had traveled outside of the camps in outbreak-affected areas or who departed Thailand as resettling refugees. During the first 18 months of surveillance, May 2020-October 2021, a total of 6,190 specimens were tested, and 15 outbreaks (i.e., >1 confirmed COVID-19 cases) were detected in 7 camps. Of those, 5 outbreaks were limited to a single case. Outbreaks during the Delta variant surge were particularly challenging to control. Adapting and implementing COVID-19 surveillance measures in the camp setting were successful in detecting COVID-19 outbreaks and preventing widespread disease during the initial phase of the pandemic in Thailand.
• Subjects:
  COVID-19/epidemiology Humans Pandemics Refugees Respiratory Tract Diseases SARS-COV-2
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(Suppl 1):S17-S25
• Pubmed ID:
  36502383
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9745244
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Thailand ; Myanmar
• Volume:
  28
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0c236ad2f52fd4e354e0787393589790159fefbf01a1065c17773be389de9546
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/123298/cdc_123298_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.27 MB ]