Protecting Chinese healthcare workers while combating the 2019 novel coronavirus

Zhou, Pengcheng; Huang, Zebing; Xiao, Yinzong; Huang, Xun; Xue, Fan

doi:10.1017/ice.2020.60

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“…Chloroquine and desethylchloroquine concentrations decline slowly, with elimination halflives of 20 to 60 days [15]. The promising results of chloroquine in treatment of COVID-19 and the low prevalence of side effects in long-term use suggest a possible use of chloroquine at 100 mg daily or hydroxychloroquine at 300 mg weekly in mass prophylaxis in people exposed to COVID-19, and could be part of urgent interventions currently required to help to protect healthcare workers combating COVID-19 at the very frontline [16].…”

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Chloroquine as a prophylactic agent against COVID-19?

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et al. 2020

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

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Chloroquine as a prophylactic agent against COVID-19?

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Clerc

et al. 2020

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

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“…This accelerated the rapid spread of COVID-19. A few medical workers did try to warn of the outbreak, but all were silenced, including the famous "Coronavirus Whistleblower" Dr Li Wenliang, who tried to warn his medical university classmates in his WeChat circle of the outbreak, but was accused of spreading fake information by local police [47], although afterwards, the Chinese government acknowledged Dr Li 's contribution and recognised him as a martyr. In summary, the control of information and media silence directly resulted in most people being unprepared during the COVID-19 outbreak.…”

Section: Factor 1 Information Disclosure or Control: Early Media Conmentioning

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What Caused the Outbreak of COVID-19 in China: From the Perspective of Crisis Management

Shangguan

Wang

Sun

2020

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Since the first known case of a COVID-19 infected patient in Wuhan, China on 8 December 2019, COVID-19 has spread to more than 200 countries, causing a worldwide public health crisis. The existing literature fails to examine what caused this sudden outbreak from a crisis management perspective. This article attempts to fill this research gap through analysis of big data, officially released information and other social media sources to understand the root cause of the crisis as it relates to China's current management system and public health policy. The article draws the following conclusions: firstly, strict government control over information was the main reason for the early silencing of media announcements, which directly caused most people to be unprepared and unaware of COVID-19. Secondly, a choice between addressing a virus with an unknown magnitude and nature, and mitigating known public panic during a politically and culturally sensitive time, lead to falsehood and concealment. Thirdly, the weak autonomous management power of local public health management departments is not conducive for providing a timely response to the crisis. Finally, the privatization of many state-owned hospitals led to the unavailability of public health medical resources to serve affected patients in the Wuhan and Hubei Province. This article suggests that China should adopt a Singaporean-style public health crisis information management system to ensure information disclosure and information symmetry and should use it to monitor public health crises in real time. In addition, the central government should adopt the territorial administration model of a public health crisis and increase investment in public health in China.

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“…Prevention of nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 transmission in endoscopy: international recommendations and the need for a gold standard Over 3000 healthcare workers (HCW) in China are suspected of having coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and over 1700 tested positive. 1 These statistics underline the need for robust preventative measures against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Endoscopy departments are fertile grounds for viral spread because aerosolisation of bodily secretions occurs during procedures.…”

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