Article
Perspectives on battling COVID-19 in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean
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ANDRUS, Jon Kim et al. Perspectives on battling COVID-19 in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., Arlington, USA, v. 103, n. 2, p. 593-596, 2020.
0002-9637
10.4269/ajtmh.20-0571
Autor
Andrus, Jon Kim
Evans-Gilbert, Tracy
Santos, Jose Ignacio
Guzman, Maria G.
Rosenthal, Philip J.
Toscano, Cristiana
Valenzuela, Maria Teresa
Siqueira, Marilda
Etienne, Carissa
Breman, Joel G.
Resumen
A Rede Genômica Fiocruz é formada por especialistas de todas as unidades da Fundação no país e de institutos parceiros que se empenham diariamente em gerar dados mais robustos sobre o comportamento do SARS-Cov-2 e contribuir para um melhor preparo do país no enfrentamento da pandemia em termos de diagnóstico mais precisos e vacinas eficazes. Saiba mais sobre a Rede Genômica Fiocruz em: http://www.genomahcov.fiocruz.br/ The first case of COVID-19 reported in Latin America occurred in São Paolo, Brazil, on February 25, 2020, in a 61-year-old man who had recently returned from the Lombardy region in Italy. The first cases in the Caribbean region were reported on March 1 in St Martin in a couple who returned from France and in the Dominican Republic in a 61-year-old man visiting from Italy.1,2 By mid-March, there was a substantial surge in cases, resulting in nearly every country in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reporting COVID-19 (Table 1). These data are reported to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) regional office from national ministries of health and as such may have inherent weaknesses of timing, completeness, and accuracy. However, they do provide insight on trends and hotspots in the region.