Rapid response teams for epidemiological surveillance: Mitigation of the coronavirus pandemic in Peru, 2020

• Autores: Loayza-Alarico, Manuel J., De La Cruz -Vargas, Jhony A., Ramos, Willy
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad Ricardo Palma
• Repositorio: Revista URP - Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
• Lenguaje: español; inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:oai.revistas.urp.edu.pe:article/3045
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/article/view/3045
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto

On January 30, 2020, with more than 9,700 confirmed cases in China, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak to be a public health emergency of international concern. At the end of January, the National Center for Epidemiology, Prevention and Control of Diseases (CDC-Peru) of the Ministry of Health prepared the “National Plan of Preparation and Response to the Introduction of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV”, where one of the strategic components was strengthen the epidemiological response through mitigation actions that allow early identification of cases, diagnosis, follow-up of contacts and identification of people with risk conditions.