Perspectives on countermeasures against COVID-19 in the remote islands of Yaeyama region, Okinawa, Japan

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作者：
Kamegai, Kohei [1 ]
Sakai, Tatsuya [2 ]
Teruya, Shuzo [2 ]
Kuba, Kanetaka [3 ]
Ohmagari, Norio [1 ]
机构：
[1] Dis Control & Prevent Ctr, Natl Ctr Global Hlth & Med, Ctr Hosp, Tokyo, Japan
[2] Okinawa Prefectural Yaeyama Hosp, Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
[3] Iriomote Western Clin, Taketomi, Okinawa, Japan
来源：
GLOBAL HEALTH & MEDICINE | 2022年 / 4卷 / 03期
关键词：
epidemiological surveys; off-region transfer; infection control; oral antivirals;
D O I：
10.35772/ghm.2022.01027
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
Numerous difficulties unique to remote island regions exist in the fight against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). For example, in the Yaeyama Medical Region (Okinawa, Japan), there are only clinics without beds on constituent islands. As medical resources are limited on remote islands, a single outbreak can put the entire medical system at risk. In addition, local governments need to maintain economic support while taking measures to contain outbreaks. For future COVID-19 countermeasures, it is essential to establish a response team in the regional hospital to conduct on-site epidemiological surveys as early as possible in a pandemic. In addition, distributing effective oral antivirals to remote islands may reduce the spread of infection and the number of severe cases requiring off-region transfer.
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