Screening and triage at health-care facilities in Timor-Leste during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rosemary Howitt; Gustodio Alves de Jesus; Flavio Araujo; Joshua Francis; Ian Marr; Melanie McVean; Eleanor MacMorran; Victoria Rollinson; Antonieta Chung; Teem Wing Yip

doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30183-1

Screening and triage at health-care facilities in Timor-Leste during the COVID-19 pandemic

Rosemary Howitt, Gustodio Alves de Jesus, Flavio Araujo, Joshua Francis, Ian Marr, Melanie McVean, Eleanor MacMorran, Victoria Rollinson, Antonieta Chung, Teem Wing Yip

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We read with great interest the correspondence from Rodgers Ayebare and colleagues,1 and commend the authors for their contribution to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response in settings with limited diagnostics and resources. This approach is particularly relevant in Timor-Leste, a small and young island nation with a fragile health-care system that is a challenging context in which to provide care during the current pandemic. Until March 21, 2020, no confirmed cases of COVID-19 had been reported in Timor-Leste,2 but we now face the challenge of effectively containing the spread of the virus and minimising the impact of local transmission. At present, all suspected cases are referred to the COVID-19 Isolation Centre in Dili, where patients are tested and isolated pending test results; contacts are traced and isolated. The Ministry of Health releases a daily update on the number of people tested and cumulative numbers of positive and negative cases. Anybody entering Timor-Leste is quarantined for 14 days in facilities advised by the government.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e43
Number of pages	1
Journal	The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Volume	8
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30183-1
Publication status	Published - Jun 2020
Externally published	Yes

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pandemic

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