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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Mitigation Efforts and Testing During an In-Person Training Event—Uganda, 12–29 October 2020

Authors :
Aderonke Ajiboye
David Okimait
Kristin Brown
Rebecca L. Laws
Veronicah Mugisha
Carole Moore
Andrew C. Voetsch
Anna Awor
Dustin W Currie
Jennifer S. Galbraith
Andrea Low
Joshua Musinguzi
Lisa J. Nelson
Wilford Kirungi
Jennifer Ward
Karampreet Sachathep
Christina Mwangi
Wafaa El-Sadr
Mary Naluguza
Sam Biraro
Peter Nkurunziza
Hetal Patel
Wolfgang Hladik
Christine West
Brittany Gianetti
Sam Sendagala
David Hoos
Dorothy Aibo
Herbert Kiyingi
Stephen Delgado
Source :
Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Oxford University Press (OUP), 2021.

Abstract

Large public-health training events may result in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission. Universal SARS-CoV-2 testing during trainings for the Uganda Population-based HIV Impact Assessment identified 28 of 475 (5.9%) individuals with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among attendees; most (89.3%) were asymptomatic. Until COVID-19 vaccine is readily available for staff and participants, effective COVID-19 mitigation measures, along with SARS-CoV-2 testing, are recommended for in-person trainings, particularly when trainees will have subsequent contact with survey participants.

Details

ISSN :
15376591 and 10584838
Volume :
73
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....be24818fb6e11a085d2e558050fd0b7e
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab331