Streamline population strategies to control COVID 19 outbreak in a high risk district of Sri Lanka- Success story of Kalutara district
1 District General hospital, Kalutara, Sri Lanka.
2 World Health Organization, country office, Philippines.
3 National Institute of Health Sciences, Kalutara, Sri Lanka.
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International Journal of Frontiers in Biology and Pharmacy Research, 2021, 01(01), 013–017.
Article DOI: 10.53294/ijfbpr.2021.1.1.0003
Publication history:
Received on 01 March 2021; revised on 10 April 2021; accepted on 14 April 2021
Abstract:
Kalutara became second only to Colombo district, which is the capital of country and which consistently reported the highest number of confirmed cases of COVID 19 throughout the earlier period of COVID 19 spread in Sri Lanka. Strategies to be implemented were on 13.03.2020 at the time of 7 COVID-19 cases were reported as imported cases to Kalutara district. Thereafter, shifting of type of cases occurred from imported cases to local resident cases in a short period of time. Strategies need to differ with countries' situation of case loads. Strategic preparedness and response plan was usually being tailored according to the country epidemiological statistics and resource settings. Proper and timely application of epidemiological measures to control population based epidemics by developing a practical approach and a proactive response plan is challenging but does appear to provide significant realistic benefits.
Keywords:
COVID 19; Kalutara; Epidemics
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