El-Dalatony, M., Bin Saleh, G., Al-Saedi, M. (2020). COVID -19 Infection Prevention and Control: Review of Country Experiences. Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 50(2), 113-117. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2020.108288
Mervat M. El-Dalatony; Ghada M. Bin Saleh; Moteb Al-Saedi. "COVID -19 Infection Prevention and Control: Review of Country Experiences". Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 50, 2, 2020, 113-117. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2020.108288
El-Dalatony, M., Bin Saleh, G., Al-Saedi, M. (2020). 'COVID -19 Infection Prevention and Control: Review of Country Experiences', Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 50(2), pp. 113-117. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2020.108288
El-Dalatony, M., Bin Saleh, G., Al-Saedi, M. COVID -19 Infection Prevention and Control: Review of Country Experiences. Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 2020; 50(2): 113-117. doi: 10.21608/jhiph.2020.108288
COVID -19 Infection Prevention and Control: Review of Country Experiences
1Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Menoufia University, Egypt
2General Directorate of Infection Prevention and Control, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Abstract
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the new SARS-CoV-2 virus infection in December 2019 is one of the most severe public health emergencies facing the health systems around the globe. It reached the level of being a pandemic that caused a great disturbance and widely variable responses in nearly all countries. This review aims to highlight some of these country experiences to learn from others and to enhance better management strategy in our country. A PubMed search was performed to extract the country experiences from papers published till the 30th of April, 2020. As the onset of start, the course and severity of the pandemic differed from one country to the other, scientists from every country are doing their best to publish their experiences in the disaster management to help other countries avoid the mistakes in the management of such difficult situation. Problems facing different communities were summarized.