Perspectives on battling COVID-19 in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean

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dc.coverageDOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0571
dc.creatorAndrus, Jon Kim
dc.creatorEvans-Gilbert, Tracy
dc.creatorSantos, Jose Ignacio
dc.creatorGuzman, Maria G.
dc.creatorRosenthal, Philip J.
dc.creatorToscano, Cristiana
dc.creatorValenzuela, Maria Teresa
dc.creatorSiqueira, Marilda
dc.creatorEtienne, Carissa
dc.creatorBreman, Joel G.
dc.date2020
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-18T19:53:51Z
dc.date.available2025-11-18T19:53:51Z
dc.description<p>The first case of COVID-19 reported in Latin America occurred in São Paolo, Brazil, on February 25, 2020, in a 61-year-old man who had recently returned from the Lombardy region in Italy. The first cases in the Caribbean region were reported on March 1 in St Martin in a couple who returned from France and in the Dominican Republic in a 61-year-old man visiting from Italy.<sup>1,2</sup> By mid-March, there was a substantial surge in cases, resulting in nearly every country in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reporting COVID-19 (Table 1). These data are reported to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) regional office from national ministries of health and as such may have inherent weaknesses of timing, completeness, and accuracy. However, they do provide insight on trends and hotspots in the region.</p>eng
dc.descriptionThe first case of COVID-19 reported in Latin America occurred in São Paolo, Brazil, on February 25, 2020, in a 61-year-old man who had recently returned from the Lombardy region in Italy. The first cases in the Caribbean region were reported on March 1 in St Martin in a couple who returned from France and in the Dominican Republic in a 61-year-old man visiting from Italy.1,2 By mid-March, there was a substantial surge in cases, resulting in nearly every country in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reporting COVID-19 (Table 1). These data are reported to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) regional office from national ministries of health and as such may have inherent weaknesses of timing, completeness, and accuracy. However, they do provide insight on trends and hotspots in the region.spa
dc.identifierhttps://investigadores.uandes.cl/en/publications/6af6ca82-eed4-4cba-a0d5-cdda753e2dd4
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uandes.cl/handle/uandes/58464
dc.languageeng
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourcevol.103 (2020) date: 2020-06-09 nr.2 p.593-596
dc.titlePerspectives on battling COVID-19 in countries of Latin America and the Caribbeaneng
dc.typeReview articleeng
dc.typeArtículo de revisiónspa
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