The impact of contact tracing and testing on controlling COVID-19 outbreak without lockdown in Hong Kong: An observational study

Introduction: The lockdown was implemented nationally for six weeks, followed by another two weeks of graded lockdown in districts in India as a means to prevent spread of infection. During this period, there was restriction of movement of residents except for those engaged in providing essential services. Aim: To find out socio-demographic profile of patients along with the impact of lockdown and spread of Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) infection post-lockdown. Materials and Methods: A prospective observational study conducted in Bairagarh, a suburban area of Bhopal. The study was conducted for three months i.e. from 9th April 2020 to 9th July 2020. A contact tracing questionnaire was used for data collection. The data was collected by actual visiting the patient’s address. The data collected was compiled and analysed using Microsoft Excel 2020. The patients were instructed to inform the data collector of any post-viral symptoms after 15 days of diagnosis to find out any post-viral complaints. Percentages and proportions were derived using Epi info-7.0. Results: During the study period of three months, in total 90 patients were interviewed. Almost 85.5% cases were found post-lockdown. Most common age group to be involved was 31-45 years. Males were more commonly infected. Only 14.44% patients who worked during lockdown were infected. Almost 26.6% patients were involved in cloth merchandise business which was closed during lockdown and had a sudden upsurge in business during unlock. In total 47.7% patients were asymptomatic when tested. Relative Risk (RR) of acquiring infection post-lockdown was 1.13. Doubling rate of infection among study population during lockdown was found to be 14.05 days compared to 5.35 days post-lockdown. Almost 80% patients did not have any post-viral symptoms. The most common symptom seen was nose block. Conclusion: The lockdown was found to be effective strategy in controlling spread of COVID-19 infection as post-lockdown there was sudden increase in number positive cases.

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Hong Kong: The Healthcare Professions and the Outbreak

Covid-19 in Asia ◽

10.1093/oso/9780197553831.003.0017 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 251-262

Author(s):

Calvin W.L. Ho ◽

Daisy Cheung

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Hong Kong ◽

Health Policy ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Public Health Intervention ◽

Contact Tracing ◽

Healthcare Profession ◽

Healthcare Professions ◽

The Government ◽

The Impact

This chapter studies Hong Kong’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Hong Kong’s experience with the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic in 2003 helped to prepare the health system for a pandemic, allowing it to avoid a complete lockdown of the city. Social-distancing measures, aggressive testing, and contact tracing have also been critical in controlling the local transmission of the disease. However, when historians and health policy researchers look back at the early days of the outbreak, they are likely to cite the impact of the five-day strike of healthcare professionals in February 2020 as a critical turning point in Hong Kong’s initially hesitant response. The chapter then focuses on this strike and the role of the healthcare profession in shaping public health policy. It argues that the striking healthcare professionals used their standing in Hong Kong to revive the city’s collective memory of the SARS outbreak, mobilizing public action, and possibly triggering a stronger public health intervention by the government.

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The impact of fluorescein-guided technique in the surgical removal of CNS tumors in a pediatric population: results from a multicentric observational study

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences ◽

10.23736/s0390-5616.19.04601-0 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 63 (6) ◽

Author(s):

Camilla de Laurentis ◽

Julius Höhne ◽

Claudio Cavallo ◽

Francesco Restelli ◽

Jacopo Falco ◽

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Keyword(s):

Observational Study ◽

Pediatric Population ◽

Cns Tumors ◽

Surgical Removal ◽

The Impact

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of The impact of a diagnosis of fibromyalgia on health care resource use by primary care patients in the UK: an observational study based on clinical practice.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.10199.467691 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Michael Ward

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Health Care ◽

Clinical Practice ◽

Observational Study ◽

Resource Use ◽

Health Care Resource ◽

Primary Care Patients ◽

Health Care Resource Use ◽

The Uk ◽

The Impact

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The impact of multimorbidity on foot health outcomes in podiatry patients with musculoskeletal foot pain: a prospective observational study

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research ◽

10.1186/s13047-019-0346-x ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Gordon J. Hendry ◽

Linda Fenocchi ◽

Helen Mason ◽

Martijn Steultjens

Keyword(s):

Observational Study ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Prospective Observational Study ◽

Foot Pain ◽

Foot Health ◽

The Impact

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Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the health of geriatric patients: The European GeroCovid Observational Study

European Journal of Internal Medicine ◽

10.1016/j.ejim.2021.01.017 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Caterina Trevisan ◽

Susanna Del Signore ◽

Stefano Fumagalli ◽

Pietro Gareri ◽

Alba Malara ◽

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Keyword(s):

Observational Study ◽

Geriatric Patients ◽

The Impact

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Share Contract Revisited: A New Transaction Cost Approach

Man and the Economy ◽

10.1515/me-2021-0001 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Jian Ding ◽

Yixiao Zhou

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Transaction Cost ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Theoretical Explanation ◽

Empirical Testing ◽

Cost Approach ◽

Satisfactory Answer ◽

The Impact

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore how sharecropping contracts are chosen over fixed-rent contracts. There are two concerning issues. First, theoretical explanation has been criticized for not providing a satisfactory answer to the question as to why share contracts are chosen. Second, among the existing empirical studies, there are great controversies about the impact of variance of output. Inspired by the latest insights from (Cheung, S. N. S. 2014. Economic Explanation. Hong Kong: Arcadia Press.), this paper not only provides an explanation for the choice of share contract that is suitable for empirical testing, but also solves the puzzle over variance of output.

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