Molecular testing and analysis of disease spreading during the emergence of COVID-19 in Macae, the Brazilian National Capital of Oil.

ABSTRACT: The Brazilian strategy to overcome the spread of COVID-19 has been particularly criticized due to the lack of a national coordinating effort and an appropriate testing program. Here, a successful approach to control the spread of COVID-19 transmission is described by the engagement of public (university and governance) and private sectors (hospitals and oil companies) in Macaé, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a city known as the National Oil Capital. In 2020 between the 17th and 38th epidemiological week, over two percent of the 206,728 citizens were subjected to symptom analysis and RT-qPCR testing by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, with positive individuals being notified up to 48 h after swab collection. Geocodification and spatial cluster analysis were used to limit COVID-19

SUBMITTER: Feitosa NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8505656 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature