Repatriation operation in South Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic: initial planning and preparedness.
Commun Dis Intell (2018)
; 452021 May 27.
Article
em En
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| ID: mdl-34074233
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT With COVID-19 affecting millions of people around the globe, quarantine of international arrivals is a critical public health measure to prevent further disease transmission in local populations. This measure has also been applied in the repatriation of citizens, undertaken by several countries as an ethical obligation and legal responsibility. This article describes the process of planning and preparing for the repatriation operation in South Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interagency collaboration, development of a COVID-19 testing and quarantining protocol, implementing infection prevention and control, and building a specialised health care delivery model were essential aspects of the repatriation operational planning, with a focus on maintaining dignity and wellbeing of the passengers as well as on effective prevention of COVID-19 transmission. From April 2020 to mid-February 2021, more than 14,000 international arrivals travellers have been repatriated under the South Australian repatriation operations. This paper has implications to inform ongoing repatriation efforts in Australia and overseas in a pandemic situation.
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01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
11_ODS3_cobertura_universal
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2_ODS3
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4_TD
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Quarentena
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Saúde Pública
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Controle de Infecções
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Ethics
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Oceania
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Commun Dis Intell (2018)
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article