Social-oriented, evidence-based Covid-19 prevention using GIS

<p>Some provinces in Panama with low Covid-19 infection rates are now being released for quarantine. The question is whether part of the cities can also be released gradually using scientific, epidemiological calculations of the area-specific risk of infection, disease and death [1,2]. Covid-1...

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Huvudskapare: Olaf C Jensen (Författare, medförfattare)
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Publicerad: Archives of Community Medicine and Public Health - Peertechz Publications, 2020-08-13.
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Sammanfattning:<p>Some provinces in Panama with low Covid-19 infection rates are now being released for quarantine. The question is whether part of the cities can also be released gradually using scientific, epidemiological calculations of the area-specific risk of infection, disease and death [1,2]. Covid-19 can be characterized as a natural experiment caused by forces beyond the control of scientists [3]. As with all diseases, Covid-19 has a socially unequal effect and prevention must be tailored specifically accordingly [4-6]. The socially skewed distribution of those who attend the health centres affects the validity of the official data from the Ministry of Health.</p>
DOI:10.17352/2455-5479.000101