Social distance measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic: Potential impacts and challenges in Brazil

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Autor(a) principal: Pescarini, Julia
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Aquino, Estela, Silveira, Ismael, Aquino, Rosana, Souza-Filho, Jaime
Tipo de documento: preprint
Idioma: por
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Texto Completo: https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/116
Resumo: COVID-19 pandemic has challenged researchers and policymakers to seek public health measures to prevent the collapse of health systems and reduce deaths. This narrative review sought to summarize the evidence on the impact of social distancing in the course of the COVID-19 epidemic and to discuss its implementation in Brazil. We searched papers describing the effects of social distancing on COVID-19 in PubMed, medRXiv and bioRvix databases. Federal and states legislation were analyzed to summarize the strategies implemented in Brazil. This review suggests that social distancing in the entire population is effective, especially when combined with the isolation of cases and the quarantine of contacts. We recommend the implementation of social distancing, and social protection policies to ensure the sustainability of these strategies. For the control of COVID-19 in Brazil, it is essential that these measures are combined with the strengthening of the epidemiological monitoring in the three levels of SUS, which include the evaluation and use of additional indicators to monitor the unfolding of the pandemic and the effect of control measures, the expansion of testing capacity, and the wide and transparent availability of disaggregated case and testing registries.
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spelling Social distance measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic: Potential impacts and challenges in BrazilMedidas de distanciamento social no controle da pandemia de COVID-19: potenciais impactos e desafios no BrasilCOVID-19pandemiasdistanciamento socialvigilância epidemiológicaCOVID-19pandemicssocial distancingepidemiological monitoringCOVID-19 pandemic has challenged researchers and policymakers to seek public health measures to prevent the collapse of health systems and reduce deaths. This narrative review sought to summarize the evidence on the impact of social distancing in the course of the COVID-19 epidemic and to discuss its implementation in Brazil. We searched papers describing the effects of social distancing on COVID-19 in PubMed, medRXiv and bioRvix databases. Federal and states legislation were analyzed to summarize the strategies implemented in Brazil. This review suggests that social distancing in the entire population is effective, especially when combined with the isolation of cases and the quarantine of contacts. We recommend the implementation of social distancing, and social protection policies to ensure the sustainability of these strategies. For the control of COVID-19 in Brazil, it is essential that these measures are combined with the strengthening of the epidemiological monitoring in the three levels of SUS, which include the evaluation and use of additional indicators to monitor the unfolding of the pandemic and the effect of control measures, the expansion of testing capacity, and the wide and transparent availability of disaggregated case and testing registries.A pandemia de COVID-19 tem desafiado pesquisadores e gestores a encontrar medidas de saúde pública que evitem o colapso dos sistemas de saúde e reduzam os óbitos. Esta revisão narrativa buscou sistematizar as evidências sobre o impacto das medidas de distanciamento social na epidemia de COVID-19 e discutir sua implementação no Brasil. Foram triados artigos sobre o efeito do distanciamento social na COVID-19 no PubMed, medRXiv e bioRvix, e analisados atos do poder público nos níveis federal e estadual para sumarizar as estratégias implementadas no Brasil. Os achados sugerem que o distanciamento social adotado por população é efetivo, especialmente quando combinado ao isolamento de casos e à quarentena dos contatos. Recomenda-se a implementação de medidas de distanciamento social e de políticas de proteção social para garantir a sustentabilidade dessas medidas. Para o controle da COVID-19 no Brasil, é imprescindível que essas medidas estejam aliadas ao fortalecimento do sistema de vigilância nos três níveis do SUS, que inclui a avaliação e uso de indicadores adicionais para monitorar a evolução da pandemia e o efeito das medidas de controle, a ampliação da capacidade de testagem, e divulgação ampla e transparente das notificações e de testagem desagregados.SciELO PreprintsSciELO PreprintsSciELO Preprints2020-04-29info:eu-repo/semantics/preprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/11610.1590/SciELOPreprints.116porhttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/article/view/116/138Copyright (c) 2020 Julia Pescarini, Estela Aquino, Ismael Silveira, Rosana Aquino, Jaime Souza-Filhohttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPescarini, JuliaAquino, EstelaSilveira, IsmaelAquino, RosanaSouza-Filho, Jaimereponame:SciELO Preprintsinstname:SciELOinstacron:SCI2020-04-21T16:00:19Zoai:ops.preprints.scielo.org:preprint/116Servidor de preprintshttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scieloONGhttps://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/oaiscielo.submission@scielo.orgopendoar:2020-04-21T16:00:19SciELO Preprints - SciELOfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Social distance measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic: Potential impacts and challenges in Brazil
Medidas de distanciamento social no controle da pandemia de COVID-19: potenciais impactos e desafios no Brasil
title Social distance measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic: Potential impacts and challenges in Brazil
spellingShingle Social distance measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic: Potential impacts and challenges in Brazil
Pescarini, Julia
COVID-19
pandemias
distanciamento social
vigilância epidemiológica
COVID-19
pandemics
social distancing
epidemiological monitoring
title_short Social distance measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic: Potential impacts and challenges in Brazil
title_full Social distance measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic: Potential impacts and challenges in Brazil
title_fullStr Social distance measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic: Potential impacts and challenges in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Social distance measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic: Potential impacts and challenges in Brazil
title_sort Social distance measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic: Potential impacts and challenges in Brazil
author Pescarini, Julia
author_facet Pescarini, Julia
Aquino, Estela
Silveira, Ismael
Aquino, Rosana
Souza-Filho, Jaime
author_role author
author2 Aquino, Estela
Silveira, Ismael
Aquino, Rosana
Souza-Filho, Jaime
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pescarini, Julia
Aquino, Estela
Silveira, Ismael
Aquino, Rosana
Souza-Filho, Jaime
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv COVID-19
pandemias
distanciamento social
vigilância epidemiológica
COVID-19
pandemics
social distancing
epidemiological monitoring
topic COVID-19
pandemias
distanciamento social
vigilância epidemiológica
COVID-19
pandemics
social distancing
epidemiological monitoring
description COVID-19 pandemic has challenged researchers and policymakers to seek public health measures to prevent the collapse of health systems and reduce deaths. This narrative review sought to summarize the evidence on the impact of social distancing in the course of the COVID-19 epidemic and to discuss its implementation in Brazil. We searched papers describing the effects of social distancing on COVID-19 in PubMed, medRXiv and bioRvix databases. Federal and states legislation were analyzed to summarize the strategies implemented in Brazil. This review suggests that social distancing in the entire population is effective, especially when combined with the isolation of cases and the quarantine of contacts. We recommend the implementation of social distancing, and social protection policies to ensure the sustainability of these strategies. For the control of COVID-19 in Brazil, it is essential that these measures are combined with the strengthening of the epidemiological monitoring in the three levels of SUS, which include the evaluation and use of additional indicators to monitor the unfolding of the pandemic and the effect of control measures, the expansion of testing capacity, and the wide and transparent availability of disaggregated case and testing registries.
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