Open AccessCommunity surveillance of COVID-19 by village health volunteers, Thailand
Author(s) -
Nayawadee Kaweenuttaya,
Ratrawee Pattanarattanamolee,
Nithikorn Sorncha,
Shinji Nakahara
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bulletin of the world health organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1564-0604
pISSN - 0042-9686
DOI - 10.2471/blt.20.274308
Subject(s) - medicine , government (linguistics) , public health , health care , workforce , pandemic , environmental health , quarantine , rural area , economic growth , covid-19 , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , nursing , philosophy , linguistics , economics , pathology
To control the increasing spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the government of Thailand enforced the closure of public and business areas in Bangkok on 22 March 2020. As a result, large numbers of unemployed workers returned to their hometowns during April 2020, increasing the risk of spreading the virus across the entire country.