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Title: | The epidemiology of the COVID-19 pandemic in the small, low-resource country of Timor-Leste, January 2020 - June 2022. | Austin Authors: | Niha, Maria Av;Draper, Anthony Dk;Viegas, Odete da Silva;de Araujo, Rui M;Joao, Josefina C;da Silva, Endang;Barreto, Ismail;Sarmento, Nevio;Oakley, Tessa;Machado, Filipe de Neri;Fancourt, Nicholas Ss;Marr, Ian;Dos Santos Fernandes, Liliana N;Martins, Noemia;Arkell, Paul;Tilman, Ari Jp;Dingle, Benjamin;Freitas, Carlito C;Bhowmick, Partha S;Sheridan, Sarah;Howden, Benjamin P ;Yan, Jennifer;Francis, Joshua R;Martins, Nelson | Affiliation: | Ministry of Health, Caicoli, Timor-Leste. Centre for Disease Control, Public Health Unit, Top End Health Service, Northern Territory Government Department of Health, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Ministry of Health, Caicoli, Timor-Leste. Centro Integrado de Gestão de Crise, Timor-Leste Government, Dili, Timor-Leste. Laboratorio Nacional da Saude, Bidau, Timor-Leste. World Health Organization, Timor-Leste Office, Caicoli, Timor-Leste. Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Ministry of Health, Caicoli, Timor-Leste. Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. World Health Organization, Timor-Leste Office, Caicoli, Timor-Leste. National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia. Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Infectious Diseases |
Issue Date: | 19-Jan-2023 | Date: | 2023 | Publication information: | Communicable Diseases Intelligence (2018) 2023; 47 | Abstract: | Timor-Leste, a small, mountainous half-island nation which shares a land border with Indonesia and which is 550 km from Australia, has a population of 1.3 million and achieved independence for the second time in 2002. It is one of the poorest nations in Asia. In response to the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Timor-Leste Ministry of Health undertook surveillance and contact tracing activities on all notified COVID-19 cases. Between 1 January 2020 and 30 June 2022, there were 22,957 cases of COVID-19 notified which occurred in three waves, the first which was delayed until April 2021 (community transmission of B.1.466.2 variant following major flooding), followed by waves in August 2021 (B.1.617.2 Delta variant transmission) and February 2022 (B.1.1.529 Omicron variant transmission). There were 753 people hospitalised due to COVID-19 and 133 deaths. Of the 133 deaths, 122 (92%) were considered not fully vaccinated (< 2 COVID-19 vaccines) and none had received boosters. Timor-Leste implemented measures to control COVID-19, including: rapid closure of international borders; isolation of cases; quarantining of international arrivals and close contacts; restrictions on internal travel; social and physical distancing; and, finally, a country-wide vaccination program. The health system's capacity was never exceeded. | URI: | https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/32013 | DOI: | 10.33321/cdi.2023.47.1 | ORCID: | Journal: | Communicable Diseases Intelligence (2018) | PubMed URL: | 36654501 | ISSN: | 2209-6051 | Type: | Journal Article | Subjects: | COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 Timor-Leste contact tracing low-resource setting surveillance COVID-19/epidemiology Timor-Leste/epidemiology Australia/epidemiology |
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