Symptomatic survey of COVID-19 in the rural health and demographic surveillance site of Maharashtra, India

Conclusion: Thus to conclude a low COVID-19 prevalence rate of 0.1%, a higher family SAR of 17.2% was reported in the current study. Timely diagnosis and quarantine of close contacts should be continued to be implemented rigorously to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. These efforts will be useful to contain the epidemic before it reaches an alarming level in the rural areas.

Source: Annals of African Medicine - September 26, 2022 Category: African Health Authors: Jayashree Sachin Gothankar Arvinder Pal Singh Narula Karamchand Patil Rupeshkumar Deshmukh Jayesh Patil Prakash Doke Ajit Karanjkar Source Type: research