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Long distance truck drivers and the increasing risk of COVID-19 spread in Uganda
dc.creator | Bajunirwe, Francis | |
dc.creator | Izudi, Jonathan | |
dc.creator | Asiimwe, Stephen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-17T16:21:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-07-17T16:21:48Z | |
dc.date.created | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.other | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.085 | spa |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/10755 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: To examine the patterns of COVID-19 transmission in Uganda. Methods: We reviewed press releases from the Uganda Ministry of Health from when the first case was announced on March 22 up to May 29, 2020 a 10-week period. We obtained the press releases from the MoH website and the Twitter handle (@MinofHealthUG). Data include number of persons tested and the categories classified as international arrivals, community members and long distance truck drivers. Results: The first cases were international arrivals from Asia and Europe and thereafter community cases emerged. However, in the middle of April 2020, COVID-19 cases were detected among long distance truck drivers. By May 29, 2020, a total of 89, 224 persons had been tested and overall 442 tested positive. Of those that tested positive, majority or 317 (71.8%) were truck drivers, 75 (16.9%) were community cases and 50 (11.3%) were international arrivals. Majority of community cases have been linked to contact with truck drivers. Conclusions: The truck drivers are the most frequently diagnosed category, and have become a core group for COVID-19 in Uganda. They have generated significant local transmission which now threatens a full blown epidemic in the country unless strict controls are put in place. | spa |
dc.format.extent | 8 páginas | spa |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | spa |
dc.publisher | Science Direct | eng |
dc.source | reponame:Expeditio Repositorio Institucional UJTL | spa |
dc.source | instname:Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano | spa |
dc.subject | Uganda | spa |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | spa |
dc.subject | Transmission | spa |
dc.subject | Risk | spa |
dc.subject | Distance truck drivers | spa |
dc.title | Long distance truck drivers and the increasing risk of COVID-19 spread in Uganda | spa |
dc.type.local | Artículo | spa |
dc.subject.lemb | Síndrome respiratorio agudo grave | spa |
dc.subject.lemb | COVID-19 | spa |
dc.subject.lemb | SARS-CoV-2 | spa |
dc.subject.lemb | Coronavirus | spa |
dc.rights.accessrights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | spa |
dc.type.hasversion | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion | spa |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.085 | spa |