ABSTRACT
Introduction: Initially identified in the city of Wuhan, China in 2019, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), demonstrated itself with a high dissemination power. Due to the potential for contagion, the World Health Organization recommended isolation measures to countries, avoiding agglomerations, reducing the incidence of cases. Vitoria de Santo Antao, a municipality located near the Metropolitan Region of Recife, required in this context an essential role of epidemiological surveillance to develop contingency strategies and actions in this pandemic health scenario. Objective: To report the experience of health residents working in the epidemiological surveillance sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Experience report carried out by health residents of the Multiprofessional Residency Program for the Interiorization of Health Care to strengthen epidemiological surveillance in the face of the pandemic in the municipality of Vitoria de Santo Antao. Results: Two forms were created via Google Forms in order to register and monitor cases of influenza syndrome, SRAG and COVID-19 in the municipality. The creation of daily epidemiological bulletins for the dissemination of data was adopted by the health surveillance sector, presenting the most pertinent information obtained from the monitoring of cases of SRAG, COVID-19 and Flu Syndrome of the local population, always comparing with the state and federal scenarios. Conclusions: The pandemic scenario brought about a readjustment of residents' activities, imposing on them the challenge of adapting to a new epidemiological context, envisioning a look at the needs of the territories and their learning process, strengthening the surveillance actions during the scenario of pandemic.