The arrival of SARS-CoV-2 in Venezuela

Almost 2 years ago, after the collapse of health-care services and multiple concurrent re-emerging diseases outbreaks, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the ongoing recommendation that travellers should avoid all non-essential travel to Venezuela.2 The arrival of severe acute...

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Published inThe Lancet (British edition) Vol. 395; no. 10236; pp. e85 - e86
Main Authors Paniz-Mondolfi, Alberto E, Sordillo, Emilia M, Márquez-Colmenarez, Marilianna C, Delgado-Noguera, Lourdes A, Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 16.05.2020
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease control
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Health care
Hospitals
Humanitarianism
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral
Public health
SARS Virus
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Shutdowns
Transients and Migrants
Travellers
Venezuela
Ventilators
Viral diseases
Venezuela
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Summary:Almost 2 years ago, after the collapse of health-care services and multiple concurrent re-emerging diseases outbreaks, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the ongoing recommendation that travellers should avoid all non-essential travel to Venezuela.2 The arrival of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is therefore a major challenge for the country's already fragile systems. The economic collapse in Venezuela and lack of investment in health care has dramatically decreased the number of hospital beds to care for its population of almost 30 million people. The inventory of hospital beds (23 762 beds) released by the Venezuelan Government3 on March 23, 2020, overestimates availability because most public health-care centres are currently functioning under technical shutdown due to insufficient essential equipment, consumables, drug inventories, and qualified health-care professionals.
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ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31053-9