Grass-root level experience on COVID-19 management in the Field Practice Area of NIHS, Kalutara, Sri Lanka | Zendy

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Grass-root level experience on COVID-19 management in the Field Practice Area of NIHS, Kalutara, Sri Lanka

Author(s) -

Vidura Jayasinghe,

Mahesh Karunatilake,

Rasanthi Jayasundera,

Nilanthi Suraweera,

Tamara Kalubowila,

Ruwan Ferdinando

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of the college of community physicians of sri lanka

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2579-1451

DOI - 10.4038/jccpsl.v26i5.8317

Subject(s) - sri lanka , medical journal , covid-19 , section (typography) , medicine , medical education , political science , library science , family medicine , computer science , sociology , pathology , ethnology , disease , south asia , infectious disease (medical specialty) , operating system

The process of case finding among the permanent residents of NIHS FPA can be divided into three phases. In the initial phase, the first case was identified on 16 March 2020. The patient had been working in a private hospital in Colombo and did not have any contacts for whom the exposure could be traced in the NIHS FPA. From this patient, the number of confirmed cases increased considerably. Summary

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