Monitoring Returning Travelers During the Early Weeks of the COVID-19 Pandemic: One US County's Experience.

Monitoring Returning Travelers During the Early Weeks of the COVID-19 Pandemic: One US County's Experience.
Am J Public Health. 2020 May 14;:e1-e2
Authors: Shumway B, Ibrahim D, Moss W
Abstract
During the initial stages of the COVID-19 epidemic, one of the responsibilities assigned to local health departments (LHDs) was to monitor travelers returning from mainland China. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defined this intervention as "self-monitoring with public health supervision" (a full description is provided at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/risk-assessment.html). This type of self-monitoring under public health supervision for returning travelers was implemented recently with other communicable diseases, such as Ebola.1. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print May 14, 2020: e1-e2. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2020.305733).
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Source: Am J Public Health - May 13, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Shumway B, Ibrahim D, Moss W Tags: Am J Public Health Source Type: research