Open AccessCoronavirus Disease 2019: Community Risk Mitigation Strategies in China
Author(s) -
Benran Jiang,
Wei Li,
Ting Yuan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of emergency management and disaster communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2689-9809
pISSN - 2689-9795
DOI - 10.1142/s2689980920400084
Subject(s) - pandemic , contact tracing , china , public health , psychological intervention , covid-19 , environmental health , risk management , control (management) , risk analysis (engineering) , disease , business , medicine , environmental planning , infectious disease (medical specialty) , political science , geography , computer science , nursing , law , finance , pathology , artificial intelligence , psychiatry
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global health emergency. In the absence of effective pharmaceutical interventions and vaccine, long-term community risk mitigation strategies are crucial to prevent and control the resurgence of the epidemic in China. A multi-level, region-specific and dynamic approach has been applied to ensure early detection, quick response, effective contact tracing and management, and targeted prevention and control on the basis of risk levels. Science popularization of the public health measures in the community is also an important strategy to curb the risk of pandemic.