Title of article :
Patients with COVID‑19 and Disguising on Travel History: A Challenge in Disease Screening
Author/Authors :
Joob, Beuy Sanitation1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkok, Thailand , Wiwanitkit, Viroj Department of Community Medicine - Dr DY Patil University, Pune, India
Abstract :
COVID‑19 is a new emerging coronavirus infection from
China which already spread and became public health
concern in many countries.[1] Thailand is a country in
Southeast Asia in which the disease first appeared outside
China.[2] For disease control, the fever screening and
history taking on traveling to risk area is the general
primary for screening for disease. In the previous report,
there is a problem in using temperature screening for
COVID‑19. Here, the authors would like to share an
observation on COVID0‑19 in Thailand with special focus
on the use of travel history. It is found that disguising on
travel history is a big problem that results ineffectiveness
of using fever and travel history screening as preventive
tool against COVID‑19.
Keywords :
Disease Screening , Patients with COVID‑19 , Disguising on Travel History
Journal title :
International Journal of Preventive Medicine (IJPM)