Contact Tracing: A Forgotten Tool?
Contact tracing is done to interrupt the spread or transmission of the causative agent to others who are in close contact with the index case and are vulnerable by not being immune. Public health experts have relied on contact tracing to reduce the spread of infections throughout history. Now the sa...
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Shalamar Medical & Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan,
2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Contact tracing is done to interrupt the spread or transmission of the causative agent to others who are in close contact with the index case and are vulnerable by not being immune. Public health experts have relied on contact tracing to reduce the spread of infections throughout history. Now the same method is being used for COVID 19. The healthcare systems in developing countries are ill-equipped to respond to pandemics of this kind. Our healthcare facility effectively employed the traditional contact tracing tool that formed the basis of a strong support system for all those employees who contracted Corona virus infection. |
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| Item Description: | 10.53685/jshmdc.v2i1.18 2789-3669 2789-3677 |