Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

@DrTedros

11 Tweets 14 reads Mar 11, 2020
To fight #COVID19, there is no one-size-fits-all solution, but @WHO recently consolidated our ongoing guidance for countries facing four different scenarios:
1⃣No cases
2⃣Sporadic cases
3⃣Clusters of cases
4⃣Community transmission
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1⃣No Cases - aim to stop transmission and prevent spread by:
-Activating emergency response mechanisms
-Communicating potential risks & prevention measures with the public
-Conducting active case finding, contact tracing & monitoring
-Isolating cases and quarantining contacts
1⃣No Cases - aim to stop transmission and prevent spread by:
-Testing suspect cases
-Preparing to treat patients
-Promoting self-initiated isolation
-Training #healthworkers
-Developing all-of-society & business continuity plans
2⃣Sporadic Cases - aim to stop transmission & prevent spread of #COVID19 by:
-Enhancing emergency response mechanisms
-Communicating risks & prevention measures with the public
-Enhancing active case finding, contact tracing & monitoring; quarantine & isolation of cases
2⃣Sporadic Cases - aim to stop transmission & prevent spread by:
-Implementing #COVID19 surveillance
-Testing suspect cases
-Treating patients
-Promoting self-initiated isolation
-Training #healthworkers
-Implementing all-of-society/government & ready business
continuity plans
3⃣Clusters of cases - aim to stop #COVID19 transmission & prevent spread by:
-Scaling up emergency response mechanism
-Communicating risks & prevention measures with the public
-Intensifying case finding, contact tracing, monitoring, quarantine & isolation of cases
3⃣Clusters of cases - aim to stop #COVID19 transmission & prevent spread by:
-Expanding surveillance
-Testing suspected cases
-Treating patients; activating ? surge capacities
-Training #healthworkers
-Implement all-of-society/gov, business
continuity/community services plans
4⃣Community transmission - aim to slow #COVID19 transmission, reduce cases, end community outbreaks by:
-Scaling up emergency response mechanism
-Communicating risks & prevention measures with public
-Continuing contact tracing where possible; quarantine & isolation of cases
4⃣Community transmission - aim to slow transmission, reduce case numbers, end community outbreaks by:
-Applying self-initiated isolation for symptomatic individuals
-Adapting existing surveillance systems
-Testing suspect cases
-Prioritizing care
-Activating triage procedures
4⃣Community transmission - aim to slow transmission, reduce case numbers, end community outbreaks by:
-Scaling up ? surge plans
-Retraining #healthworkers
-Implementing self-initiated isolation; all-of-society/government resilience, business continuity & community services plans
Countries could experience one or more of these scenarios in different regions or cities at the same time and should adjust and tailor their approach to the local context.
Countries should prepare to respond to all #COVID19 transmission scenarios.
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