Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Mitigation Efforts and Testing During an In-Person Training Event—Uganda, 12–29 October 2020. (29th April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Laws, Rebecca L; Biraro, Sam; Kirungi, Wilford; Gianetti, Brittany; Aibo, Dorothy; Awor, Anna C; West, Christine; Sachathep, Karampreet K; Kiyingi, Herbert; Ward, Jennifer; Mwangi, Christina; Nkurunziza, Peter; Okimait, David; Currie, Dustin; Ajiboye, Aderonke; Moore, Carole S; Patel, Hetal; Sendagala, Sam; Naluguza, Mary; Mugisha, Veronicah; Low, Andrea; Delgado, Stephen; Hoos, David; Brown, Kristin; Galbraith, Jennifer S; Hladik, Wolfgang; Nelson, Lisa; El-Sadr, Wafaa; Musinguzi, Joshua; Voetsch, Andrew C
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 73:Supplement 1(2021)
• Page Start: S42
• Page End: S44
• Publication Date: 2021-04-29
• Subjects: SARS-CoV-2 -- COVID-19 -- mitigation -- testing -- trainings; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab331
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

Abstract: Large public-health training events may result in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission. Universal SARS-CoV-2 testing during trainings for the Uganda Population-based HIV Impact Assessment identified 28 of 475 (5.9%) individuals with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among attendees; most (89.3%) were asymptomatic. Until COVID-19 vaccine is readily available for staff and participants, effective COVID-19 mitigation measures, along with SARS-CoV-2 testing, are recommended for in-person trainings, particularly when trainees will have subsequent contact with survey participants.