First COVID-19 cases with high secondary infection among health workers, Sana’a capital, April 2020: Lessons learned and future opportunities

Objectives: Confirm existence of COVID-19 outbreak, conduct contact tracing, and recommend control measures. Methods: Two COVID-19 cases in Sana’a Capital met the WHO case definition. Data were collected from cases and contacts who were followed for 14 days. Nasopharyngeal swabs were taken for confi...

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Autores principales:	Ehab Al-Sakkaf, Yasser Ghaleb, Esmail Al-Dabis, Mohammed Qairan, Mohammed Al Amad, Abdulwahed Al Serouri, Abdulhakim Al-Kohlani
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 Outbreak Contact tracing Health workers Yemen Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9f4b848816374b37ad93a4b9bb7fd1822021-11-06T04:21:47ZFirst COVID-19 cases with high secondary infection among health workers, Sana’a capital, April 2020: Lessons learned and future opportunities1201-971210.1016/j.ijid.2021.04.022https://doaj.org/article/9f4b848816374b37ad93a4b9bb7fd1822021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221003337https://doaj.org/toc/1201-9712Objectives: Confirm existence of COVID-19 outbreak, conduct contact tracing, and recommend control measures. Methods: Two COVID-19 cases in Sana’a Capital met the WHO case definition. Data were collected from cases and contacts who were followed for 14 days. Nasopharyngeal swabs were taken for confirmation by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Results: Two confirmed Yemeni male patients aged 20 and 40 years who had no travel history were admitted to hospital on 24 April 2020. Regarding the first patient, symptoms started on April 18th, 2020 then the patient improved and was discharged on May 5th, while the second patient’s symptoms started on April 22nd but the patient died on April 29th, 2020. Both patients had 54 contacts, 17 (32%) were health workers (HWs). Four contacts (7%) were confirmed, two of them were HWs that needed hospitalization. The secondary attack rate (sAR) was 12% among HWs compared to 5% among other contacts. Conclusions: First COVID-19 outbreak was confirmed among Yemeni citizens with a high sAR among HWs. Strict infection control among HWs should be ensured. Physical distancing and mask-wearing with appropriate disinfecting measures should be promoted especially among contacts. There is a need to strengthen national capacities to assess, detect, and respond to public health emergencies.Ehab Al-SakkafYasser GhalebEsmail Al-DabisMohammed QairanMohammed Al AmadAbdulwahed Al SerouriAbdulhakim Al-KohlaniElsevierarticleCOVID-19OutbreakContact tracingHealth workersYemenInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216ENInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 110, Iss , Pp S6-S10 (2021)
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topic	COVID-19 Outbreak Contact tracing Health workers Yemen Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
spellingShingle	COVID-19 Outbreak Contact tracing Health workers Yemen Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Ehab Al-Sakkaf Yasser Ghaleb Esmail Al-Dabis Mohammed Qairan Mohammed Al Amad Abdulwahed Al Serouri Abdulhakim Al-Kohlani First COVID-19 cases with high secondary infection among health workers, Sana’a capital, April 2020: Lessons learned and future opportunities
description	Objectives: Confirm existence of COVID-19 outbreak, conduct contact tracing, and recommend control measures. Methods: Two COVID-19 cases in Sana’a Capital met the WHO case definition. Data were collected from cases and contacts who were followed for 14 days. Nasopharyngeal swabs were taken for confirmation by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Results: Two confirmed Yemeni male patients aged 20 and 40 years who had no travel history were admitted to hospital on 24 April 2020. Regarding the first patient, symptoms started on April 18th, 2020 then the patient improved and was discharged on May 5th, while the second patient’s symptoms started on April 22nd but the patient died on April 29th, 2020. Both patients had 54 contacts, 17 (32%) were health workers (HWs). Four contacts (7%) were confirmed, two of them were HWs that needed hospitalization. The secondary attack rate (sAR) was 12% among HWs compared to 5% among other contacts. Conclusions: First COVID-19 outbreak was confirmed among Yemeni citizens with a high sAR among HWs. Strict infection control among HWs should be ensured. Physical distancing and mask-wearing with appropriate disinfecting measures should be promoted especially among contacts. There is a need to strengthen national capacities to assess, detect, and respond to public health emergencies.
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author	Ehab Al-Sakkaf Yasser Ghaleb Esmail Al-Dabis Mohammed Qairan Mohammed Al Amad Abdulwahed Al Serouri Abdulhakim Al-Kohlani
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title	First COVID-19 cases with high secondary infection among health workers, Sana’a capital, April 2020: Lessons learned and future opportunities
title_short	First COVID-19 cases with high secondary infection among health workers, Sana’a capital, April 2020: Lessons learned and future opportunities
title_full	First COVID-19 cases with high secondary infection among health workers, Sana’a capital, April 2020: Lessons learned and future opportunities
title_fullStr	First COVID-19 cases with high secondary infection among health workers, Sana’a capital, April 2020: Lessons learned and future opportunities
title_full_unstemmed	First COVID-19 cases with high secondary infection among health workers, Sana’a capital, April 2020: Lessons learned and future opportunities
title_sort	first covid-19 cases with high secondary infection among health workers, sana’a capital, april 2020: lessons learned and future opportunities
publisher	Elsevier
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url	https://doaj.org/article/9f4b848816374b37ad93a4b9bb7fd182
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First COVID-19 cases with high secondary infection among health workers, Sana’a capital, April 2020: Lessons learned and future opportunities

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