A Large-Scale Screening Responding Sporadic Epidemic of COVID-19 in China by an Integrated Health-Care System.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In the post-pandemic period of COVID-19, the majority of cities in China try to balance the normalization of epidemic prevention and social-economic development. However, the appearance of asymptomatic infected patients poses threats to public health, which might be infectious without clinical symptoms and only be detected by testing approaches.

Methods

Along with the appearance of one symptomatic case, a regional large-scale screening program was carried out in Shenzhen City charged by a regionally integrated healthcare system. After describing the screening program, a retrospective cross-sectional study for the screening outcome and efficacy was conducted.

Discussion

According to the screening results, the asymptomatic case was infectious and their clos

SUBMITTER: He X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8954885 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature