Open AccessEarly COVID-19 response in two small island developing states: Maldives and Trinidad and Tobago
Author(s) -
Shalini Pooransingh,
Abdul Azeez Yoosuf,
Sheena Moosa,
Nishan Ahmed,
Satish Jetta,
Lexley Pinto Pereira
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
western pacific surveillance response journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2094-7313
pISSN - 2094-7321
DOI - 10.5365/wpsar.2022.13.1.885
Subject(s) - small island developing states , context (archaeology) , preparedness , developing country , government (linguistics) , contact tracing , pandemic , public health , geography , economic growth , quarantine , isolation (microbiology) , political science , business , covid-19 , medicine , development economics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , nursing , economics , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , climate change , law , biology
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Severe illness requires intensive care facilities, which are limited in smaller, resource-constrained settings.