COVID-19, a litmus test on travel medicine, global surveillance and international health regulations? A critical review
Natural Volatiles & Essential Oils
; 8(4):6942-6951, 2021.
Article
in English
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-1790277
ABSTRACT
A failure in the timely surveillance of domestic and international travelers transformed the 27 cases of pneumonia in China to an epidemic and then to the fifth pandemic of the 21st century. It is ever evident that travel and outbreak are strongly correlated. An imported outbreak compromises global health security, devitalizes economy and strains political relationships among nations. 'World Health Organization' advocated 'International Health Regulations'(IHR), to improve international surveillance and public health reporting mechanisms for events that are global health risks. Travel medicine does exist as a specialty in most nations. Despite all these instruments, there was a gap evident from the failure in the surveillance of travelers at times of CoVID-19, even by the better prepared and ever-alert developed nations, led to the pandemic. An overview on the travel and infectious disease outbreaks, existing policies and protocols and nations' ability in pandemic preparedness and the WHO's response to COVID-19 outbreak is drawn.
Laws and Regulations [DD500]; Policy and Planning [EE120]; Health Services [UU350]; Tourism and Travel [UU700]; Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans [VV210]; coronavirus disease 2019; guidelines; health policy; human diseases; literature reviews; outbreaks; pandemics; public health; regulations; risk; surveillance; testing; travel medicine; travellers; viral diseases; world; epidemics; man; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirinae; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales; positive-sense ssRNA Viruses; ssRNA Viruses; RNA Viruses; viruses; recommendations; rules; SARS-CoV-2; viral infections; worldwide
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CAB Abstracts
Type of study:
Reviews
Language:
English
Journal:
Natural Volatiles & Essential Oils
Year:
2021
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Article
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