COVID-19 Control in Travelers Received in Bartolomé Masó Márquez Municipality

Abstract

Introduction: COVID-19 has been classified by the WHO as a public health emergency of international importance and, after that, on March 11, 2020, it was considered a global pandemic.

Objective: To characterize the travelers treated in Bartolomé Masó Márquez Municipality, Granma Province, during the COVID-19 control.

Methods: Descriptive, retroprospective and cross-sectional study carried out with 33 travelers as a risk group in the family medical office no. 51 (C Plan) of Bartolomé Masó Márquez Municipality, Granma Province, in the period March-December 2020. The primary data were taken from the statistical registries of the medical office. Among the variables of interest were month of entry to the area, origin, sex, age and place of origin.

Results: The month of July presented a high incidence, accounting for 39.40% of the travelers. 66.67% came from regions of the country. The age group 50-59 years (40.9%) and the male sex (59.10%) predominated. Of the eleven international travelers, the group between 30-39 years of age (45.45%) prevailed, while male patients were the most represented (54.55%). National travelers came from Artemisa and Ciego de Ávila, accounting for 18.19%, while international travelers came from Venezuela, accounting for 72.73%.

Conclusions: 100% of travelers are controlled as a risk group from their area of origin, mostly Venezuela, as far as they are collaborators, as well as from the high transmission regions of the country. The established protocol is complied with, transmission and spread of COVID-19 is prevented, and no cases are diagnosed.