SARS-CoV-2 Polymerase Chain Reaction Positivity Rates Among Evacuees From Afghanistan After Withdrawal of the Coalition Forces
Afghanistan has been a major armed conflict zone for over 2 decades. Consequently, the response to multiple infectious disease threats, including the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, has been poor because of a lack of resources and inadequate infrastructure.1,2 In August 2021, the Western coalition forces completely withdrew from Afghanistan, which further exacerbated the shortage of critical medicines and supplies.3 Qatar was the first stop for a large proportion of evacuees en route to their final destination. We conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the rate of active SARS-CoV-2 infection among evacuees arriving in Qatar from Afghanistan.
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Published in: JAMA Network Open
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
See article on publisher's website: https://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.13467
Funding
Open Access funding provided by the Qatar National Library.
History
Language
- English
Publisher
American Medical AssociationPublication Year
- 2022
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This Item is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Institution affiliated with
- Hamad Medical Corporation
- Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar
- Ministry of Public Health
