Contact tracing management of the COVID-19 pandemic
Asiye Çiğdem Şimşek, Ateş Kara, Fatma Nur Baran Aksakal, Mehmet Gülüm, Bahattin İlter, Levent ENDER, Yunus Bulut, Hasan Gül, Hasan Irmak, Kerime Altunay, Deniz Çakmak, Ercüment TOSUN, Enver Cihangir GÜLEGEN, Muhittin DEMİRKASIMOĞLU, Nilüfer Tavukçu, Avni AYDOĞMUŞ · Turkish Bulletin of Hygiene and Experimental Biology · 2020
Objective:The new type of Corona virus (SARS-CoV-2) is the most important item on the agenda, currently affecting our world.The number of cases has exceeded millions and the number of dead has exceeded hundreds of thousands.The precautions to be taken by societies and individuals, especially states, will undoubtedly be the most important task at the end of this epidemic.In our study, analyzes the data and consequences regarding COVID-19, making use of worldwide experiences and national statistics.In the report writing process, evidence-based and scientific tables and charts were used.In these times when most citizens have just begun to encounter the word pandemic, this report has been prepared using the data and scientific facts of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Turkey.In this study, it was aimed to evaluate "contact tracing management" (detection, referral and follow-up) studies for positive cases with COVID-19 test results and their contacts in Ankara.