Perspectives on countermeasures against COVID-19 in the remote islands of Yaeyama region, Okinawa, Japan.
Glob Health Med
; 4(3): 201-203, 2022 Jun 30.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2206262
ABSTRACT
Numerous difficulties unique to remote island regions exist in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). For example, in the Yaeyama Medical Region (Okinawa, Japan), there are only clinics without beds on constituent islands. As medical resources are limited on remote islands, a single outbreak can put the entire medical system at risk. In addition, local governments need to maintain economic support while taking measures to contain outbreaks. For future COVID-19 countermeasures, it is essential to establish a response team in the regional hospital to conduct on-site epidemiological surveys as early as possible in a pandemic. In addition, distributing effective oral antivirals to remote islands may reduce the spread of infection and the number of severe cases requiring off-region transfer.
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Language:
English
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Glob Health Med
Year:
2022
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Article
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Ghm.2022.01027
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