COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil: Where are we at?

Lobo, Andréa de Paula; Cardoso-dos-Santos, Augusto César; Rocha, Marli Souza; Pinheiro, Rejane Sobrino; Bremm, João Matheus; Macário, Eduardo Marques; Oliveira, Wanderson Klébler de; França, Giovanny Vinícius Araújo de

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.044

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“…In Brazil, the first case of COVID‐19 was diagnosed in February 2020, 10 and the incidence increased exponentially since March 11 . Accordingly, hospitals in the large cities in Brazil started to implement changes in their routine to be prepared for the increased need of hospital beds for patients with COVID‐19.…”

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Increased incidence of candidemia in a tertiary care hospital with the COVID‐19 pandemic

Nucci

Barreiros

Guimarães

et al. 2020

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Background The incidence of candidemia in our hospital has been stable over an 18‐year period (1.3 episodes per 1000 admissions). Since March 2020, we have observed an increase in cases of candidemia. Methods In March 2020, the hospital was prepared to receive patients with COVID‐19, with cancellation of elective procedures, discharge of less sick patients and the activation of beds for COVID‐19. We compared the incidence of candidemia in 2 periods: from January 2019 to February 2020 (period 1) and from March to September 2020 (period 2). Results We diagnosed 41 episodes of candidemia, 16 in period 1 and 25 in period 2 (9 COVID‐19 patients). Compared with non‐COVID‐19 patients, COVID‐19 patients with candidemia were more likely to be under mechanical ventilation (100% vs. 34.4%, P < .001). The median number of monthly admissions in period 1 and 2 was 723 (interquartile range 655‐836) and 523 (interquartile range 389‐574), respectively. The incidence of candidemia (per 1000 admissions) was 1.54 in period 1 and 7.44 in period 2 ( P < .001). In period 2, the incidence of candidemia (per 1000 admissions) was 4.76 if we consider only cases of candidemia in non‐COVID‐19 patients, 2.68 if we consider only cases of candidemia in COVID‐19 patients and 14.80 considering only admissions of patients with COVID‐19. Conclusions The increase in the incidence of candidemia in our hospital may be attributed to 2 factors: a reduction in the number of admissions (denominator) and the occurrence of candidemia in COVID‐19 patients.

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Increased incidence of candidemia in a tertiary care hospital with the COVID‐19 pandemic

Nucci

Barreiros

Guimarães

et al. 2020

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“…A COVID-19 já é a maior crise de saúde pública do mundo e o Brasil é hoje um dos seus principais epicentros (LOBO et al, 2020). Todo evento epidêmico novo, traz inúmeros desafios para as ações de vigilância e as respostas e impactos são, quase sempre, muito diferentes entre países e regiões.…”

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Avaliação dos impactos da COVID-19 na mortalidade por síndrome respiratória aguda grave no estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

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Rizzatti

Batista

et al. 2020

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Desde a chegada da COVID-19, o Brasil vive uma explosão de internações e óbitos por Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave (SRAG), em valores acima da série histórica. Existe a preocupação de que a COVID-19 possa estar sendo registrada no sistema de controle da SRAG, mas sem a classificação etiológica. O objetivo deste estudo é analisar os impactos da COVID-19 no aumento da SRAG no Rio Grande do Sul, considerando-se às dimensões demográfica, racial, escolaridade e de privação social. As taxas de mortalidade foram estimadas através do método bayesiano empírico e mapeadas em Sistema de Informação Geográfica. A privação social foi avaliada através de um modelo multicritério de indicadores de renda, educação e saúde. Os resultados mostraram aumento da mortalidade por SRAG e variações demográficas condizentes com os impactos da COVID-19. Observou-se ainda o elevado número de óbitos sem a identificação etiológica, que sugere a necessidade urgente de aumentar os testes de COVID-19 no estado. A maior concentração dos óbitos ocorreu no eixo mais desenvolvido e de menor privação social do estado, mas as taxas são maiores entre negros, indígenas e na população de baixa escolaridade. Os casos se estendem em quase todas as regiões do estado e revelam preocupação em relação aos municípios de elevada privação social nas fronteiras sul e oeste. Recomenda-se, pois, o desenvolvimento de ações adequadas às populações mais vulneráveis, o aumento dos testes e políticas de prevenção para o estado que possui o inverno mais rigoroso e a população proporcionalmente mais idosa do país.

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“…The new coronavirus was initially only in China, and now it has spread to 213 countries. Of these, there are five highest countries in the world seen from positive confirmed cases, namely the United States of America (USA) [8], Brazil [9], Russian Federation [10], India [11], and United Kingdom [12]. In cases or reports relating to the coronavirus, there are many terms or diction used by the Indonesian government, one of which is ODP (Insider Monitoring) [13].…”

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People Under Surveillance Tracker Prototype Development with Bluetooth Low Energy to Suppress the Covid-19 Spread

Utomo

Baihaqi

Mutiara

et al. 2020

2020 2nd International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent System (ICORIS)

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The new coronavirus has infected people around the world. In cases or reports relating to the coronavirus, there are many terms or diction used by the Indonesian government, one of which is ODP (Insider Monitoring). Unsupervised ODP is one of the reasons for the increasing number of positive cases of COVID-19. Based on existing references, there are no studies that develop applications to monitor ODP. So that we will build a mobile-based ODP TRACKING prototype that aims to prevent the COVID-19 that can be caused by ODP by using the Rapid Application Development (RAD) methodology. The ODP Tracker application requires users such as the community, COVID-19 Village Handling Task Force, puskesmas, sub-district & district handling units, and the system administrator. Each of these users has a different role in the application but is related to one another. Several prototypes of the ODP Tracker application interface are shown in this study, including the Registration form interface, the ODP tracking interface, and the ODP report interface. The ODP Tracker application prototype can help the government or Covid-19 handling officers in Indonesia to track and monitor the whereabouts and conditions of people with ODP status.

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COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil: Where are we at?

Cited by 52 publications

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Increased incidence of candidemia in a tertiary care hospital with the COVID‐19 pandemic

Increased incidence of candidemia in a tertiary care hospital with the COVID‐19 pandemic

Avaliação dos impactos da COVID-19 na mortalidade por síndrome respiratória aguda grave no estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

People Under Surveillance Tracker Prototype Development with Bluetooth Low Energy to Suppress the Covid-19 Spread

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