Active investigation for the confrontation to COVID-19 in El Caney town

• Published in: Medisan Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 60 - 69
• Main Authors: Mariela Borges García, Ileana González Palomo, Yamilet Ávila Seco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas 01-01-2022
• Subjects: coronavirus; enfrentamiento; pandemia; pesquisa; sars-cov-2
• ISSN: 1029-3019

Introduction: The COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The seriousness of its transmission worldwide, has transformed it into a pandemic with great social, economic impacts and in the population health.  Objective: To describe the results of the active investigation as confrontation strategy to COVID-19 in El Caney town.   Methods: An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in a population of 872 houses and 2 601 inhabitants, belonging to the family doctor offices 9, 11 and 25 of Dr. Mario Muñoz Monroy Polyclinic in El Caney town from Santiago de Cuba, so the active investigation was carried out for the confrontation to COVID-19 that had the participation of the medical sciences students, during February – April, 2021.  Results: Most of the houses visited belonged to the family doctor office No. 25 (99.1 %); the less number of investigated people corresponded to the No. 9 (72.99 %) and although No. 11 showed the less percentage of houses visited and investigated, it had most of the confirmed cases (3).  Conclusions: The active investigation contributed to the early detection of patients with symptoms of the virus related to COVID-19, which demonstrated    once again the role of medicine in the community with the incorporation of students from the University of Medical Sciences.