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SUMMARY: What is already known about this topic? A passenger who was from the United States was taken to the hotel for the required isolation on November 13, 2020. During the quarantine she was diagnosed as the COVID-19 patient on November 15, 2020. Controlling the importation of COVID-19 remains a major challenge.What is added by this report? In this study, an epidemiological investigation was conducted for a confirmed case of COVID-19, including the treatment records in the hospital and 14-day travel trajectory before the onset of disease.What are the implications for public health practice? This study described an epidemiological investigation and management process on an imported case of COVID-19 and analyzed the test results, aiming to provide useful warnings to strengthen the capacity of public health system in response to the importation.
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WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ON THIS TOPIC?: Imported malaria cases endanger people's health and potentially cause local re-transmission, and they may also cause economic loss on patients' families and society as a whole. WHAT IS ADDED BY THIS REPORT?: This is the first report to focus on the disease burden of a case study incurred by the imported malaria. The results indicated that the median direct medical cost was 2,904.4 CNY and the median indirect cost was 242.0 CNY for a patient's hospitalization. The economic cost was related to age, time between onset and diagnosis, and days of stay in hospital. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE?: This study analyzed the main causes based on both direct and indirect economic loss of imported malaria cases to provide general information for the evaluation of the disease burden of imported malaria patients and shed light on the rational allocation of medical resources.
