A Preventive and Control Strategy for COVID-19 Infection: An Experience From a Third-Tier Chinese City
COVID-19 is a rapidly spreading infectious disease that has led to a global pandemic. This study describes a novel strategy for preventing and controlling COVID-19 infection in the third-tier city of Liaocheng, China. The prevention and control measurements included city-wide orders to close workspa...
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| description | COVID-19 is a rapidly spreading infectious disease that has led to a global pandemic. This study describes a novel strategy for preventing and controlling COVID-19 infection in the third-tier city of Liaocheng, China. The prevention and control measurements included city-wide orders to close workspaces, sanitize essential workspaces, quarantine individuals with a travel history to an epidemic area, and issue emergency medical responses to quarantine and treat COVID-19 patients using all necessary technologies, personnel, and resources. As a result, there were only 38 diagnosed COVID-19 cases in Liaocheng since the pandemic began in China in late 2019, including in the metropolitan area and six suburban counties, accounting for more than 6.39 millions residents living in a 8,715 km2 area. There was no COVID-19-related fatality and no healthcare professional inter-transmission as of June 25, 2020. The strategies of this third-tier Chinese city provide useful insights into approaches to prevent and control COVID-19 spread in other Chinese cities and countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8a08b0fd522c40629aa9977e4f49c95a2022-12-22T01:02:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652020-10-01810.3389/fpubh.2020.562024562024A Preventive and Control Strategy for COVID-19 Infection: An Experience From a Third-Tier Chinese CityShushan Fan0Min Wu1Shengjun Ma2Shouguo Zhao3Department of Healthcare Associated Infection Control, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, ChinaDepartment of Healthcare Associated Infection Control, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, ChinaDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, ChinaDepartment of Urology, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, ChinaCOVID-19 is a rapidly spreading infectious disease that has led to a global pandemic. This study describes a novel strategy for preventing and controlling COVID-19 infection in the third-tier city of Liaocheng, China. The prevention and control measurements included city-wide orders to close workspaces, sanitize essential workspaces, quarantine individuals with a travel history to an epidemic area, and issue emergency medical responses to quarantine and treat COVID-19 patients using all necessary technologies, personnel, and resources. As a result, there were only 38 diagnosed COVID-19 cases in Liaocheng since the pandemic began in China in late 2019, including in the metropolitan area and six suburban counties, accounting for more than 6.39 millions residents living in a 8,715 km2 area. There was no COVID-19-related fatality and no healthcare professional inter-transmission as of June 25, 2020. The strategies of this third-tier Chinese city provide useful insights into approaches to prevent and control COVID-19 spread in other Chinese cities and countries.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2020.562024/fullCOVID-19prevention and controlfirst level responseeconomystrategy |
| spellingShingle | Shushan Fan Min Wu Shengjun Ma Shouguo Zhao A Preventive and Control Strategy for COVID-19 Infection: An Experience From a Third-Tier Chinese City Frontiers in Public Health COVID-19 prevention and control first level response economy strategy |
| title | A Preventive and Control Strategy for COVID-19 Infection: An Experience From a Third-Tier Chinese City |
| title_full | A Preventive and Control Strategy for COVID-19 Infection: An Experience From a Third-Tier Chinese City |
| title_fullStr | A Preventive and Control Strategy for COVID-19 Infection: An Experience From a Third-Tier Chinese City |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Preventive and Control Strategy for COVID-19 Infection: An Experience From a Third-Tier Chinese City |
| title_short | A Preventive and Control Strategy for COVID-19 Infection: An Experience From a Third-Tier Chinese City |
| title_sort | preventive and control strategy for covid 19 infection an experience from a third tier chinese city |
| topic | COVID-19 prevention and control first level response economy strategy |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2020.562024/full |
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