Response to an Outbreak of COVID-19 Infection among Undergraduate Medical Students in Mumbai, Maharashtra
Introduction: Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease. The most effective way to slow down the transmission is by social distancing and following all the preventive protocols. Aim: To describe the outbreak of COVID-19 in Undergraduate (UG) medical students of a medical co...
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| description | Introduction: Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious
disease. The most effective way to slow down the transmission is
by social distancing and following all the preventive protocols.
Aim: To describe the outbreak of COVID-19 in Undergraduate
(UG) medical students of a medical college in Mumbai and steps
taken to control the spread as well as to break the chain of
transmission of COVID-19 infection.
Materials and Methods: The institutional contact tracing team
contacted the positive case and identified contacts as soon as
they were notified between 28th September, 2021 to 7th October,
2021 at Seth GSMC and KEMH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
A total of 40 students were isolated due to the contraction
of COVID infection. History was taken by telephonic calls.
Meetings were held among the institute and hostel authorities
to prevent the spread. All the contacts of positive cases were
separated in a quarantine facility. COVID appropriate behaviour
(CAB) was implemented strictly and swab of symptomatic students were taken for Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase
Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). Non academic leisure activities were
suspended temporarily. Academic lectures were shifted to an
online platform.
Results: This outbreak lasted over a period of 10 days, a total
of 40 students were isolated and 89 students were quarantined.
Most of the students who were infected were residing in
the hostels, 27 (67.5%) and had come in contact with other
positive students during the college’s cultural fest. Majority of
positive cases had received both doses of COVID vaccination.
Mild symptoms were present in 87.5% students and rest were
asymptomatic. Cases were detected from the same cluster of
students and follow-up was done for the next two weeks.
Conclusion: Strategies like scheduled testing for in-campus
students, strict implementation of CAB and temporary withdrawal
of activities which causes gathering helped effectively to control
the spread. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57ca48b190254a59865e17ef58396c6f2023-02-20T05:33:01ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2022-08-01168LM01LM0410.7860/JCDR/2022/56016.16714Response to an Outbreak of COVID-19 Infection among Undergraduate Medical Students in Mumbai, MaharashtraAnuradha Kunal Shah0Kosturi Dakshit1Gajanan Dattatray Velhal2Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Seth GSMC and KEMH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.Junior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, Seth GSMC and KEMH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, Seth GSMC and KEMH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.Introduction: Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease. The most effective way to slow down the transmission is by social distancing and following all the preventive protocols. Aim: To describe the outbreak of COVID-19 in Undergraduate (UG) medical students of a medical college in Mumbai and steps taken to control the spread as well as to break the chain of transmission of COVID-19 infection. Materials and Methods: The institutional contact tracing team contacted the positive case and identified contacts as soon as they were notified between 28th September, 2021 to 7th October, 2021 at Seth GSMC and KEMH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. A total of 40 students were isolated due to the contraction of COVID infection. History was taken by telephonic calls. Meetings were held among the institute and hostel authorities to prevent the spread. All the contacts of positive cases were separated in a quarantine facility. COVID appropriate behaviour (CAB) was implemented strictly and swab of symptomatic students were taken for Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). Non academic leisure activities were suspended temporarily. Academic lectures were shifted to an online platform. Results: This outbreak lasted over a period of 10 days, a total of 40 students were isolated and 89 students were quarantined. Most of the students who were infected were residing in the hostels, 27 (67.5%) and had come in contact with other positive students during the college’s cultural fest. Majority of positive cases had received both doses of COVID vaccination. Mild symptoms were present in 87.5% students and rest were asymptomatic. Cases were detected from the same cluster of students and follow-up was done for the next two weeks. Conclusion: Strategies like scheduled testing for in-campus students, strict implementation of CAB and temporary withdrawal of activities which causes gathering helped effectively to control the spread.https://www.jcdr.net/articles/PDF/16714/56016_CE(AD)_F(KR)_PF1(AKA_SS)_PFA(AKA_KM)_PN(KM).pdfcontact-tracingcoronavirus disease-2019isolationquarantine |
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| title | Response to an Outbreak of COVID-19 Infection among Undergraduate Medical Students in Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| title_full | Response to an Outbreak of COVID-19 Infection among Undergraduate Medical Students in Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| title_fullStr | Response to an Outbreak of COVID-19 Infection among Undergraduate Medical Students in Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| title_full_unstemmed | Response to an Outbreak of COVID-19 Infection among Undergraduate Medical Students in Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| title_short | Response to an Outbreak of COVID-19 Infection among Undergraduate Medical Students in Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| title_sort | response to an outbreak of covid 19 infection among undergraduate medical students in mumbai maharashtra |
| topic | contact-tracing coronavirus disease-2019 isolation quarantine |
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