Public health response to an outbreak of SARS-CoV2 infection in a Barcelona prison.
Epidemiol Infect
; 149: e91, 2021 04 14.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1182770
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ABSTRACT
An outbreak of SARS-CoV2 infection in a Barcelona prison was studied. One hundred and forty-eight inmates and 36 prison staff were evaluated by rt-PCR, and 24.1% (40 prisoners, two health workers and four non-health workers) tested positive. In all, 94.8% of cases were asymptomatic. The inmates were isolated in prison module 4, which was converted into an emergency COVID unit. There were no deaths. Generalised screening and the isolation and evaluation of the people infected were key measures. Symptom-based surveillance must be supplemented by rapid contact-based monitoring in order to avoid asymptomatic spread among prisoners and the community at large.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Prisons
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Carrier State
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Quarantine
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Public Health
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Infection Control
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Epidemiol Infect
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
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Epidemiology
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S0950268821000789
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