Successful COVID-19 Contact Tracing of Crew from Two Cargo Ships at the Morowali Seaport, Indonesia

This study aims to report a successful systematic quarantine of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to detect Omicron, a new variant of concern, among 2 cargo ships in the Morowali seaport, Indonesia. An international standard entry point protocol had been followed in this study for all crew. Rapid diagn...

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Published in:Disaster medicine and public health preparedness 2023-06, Vol.17, p.e418-e418, Article e418
Main Authors: Pane, Masdalina, Rahman, M. Aulia, Maemun, Siti, Purnama, Tri Bayu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibodies
Antigens
Contact Tracing
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - diagnosis
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - prevention & control
COVID-19 vaccines
Diagnostic tests
Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control
Disease transmission
Genomes
Humans
Indonesia - epidemiology
International standards
Laboratories
Polymerase chain reaction
Quarantine
Ships
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Summary:This study aims to report a successful systematic quarantine of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to detect Omicron, a new variant of concern, among 2 cargo ships in the Morowali seaport, Indonesia. An international standard entry point protocol had been followed in this study for all crew. Rapid diagnostic tests and whole-genome sequencing (WGS) tests have been conducted to identify Omicron, the variant of concern. Individual characteristics, laboratory result, and vaccine status were collected in this study. On December 9 and 18, 2021, there was an increase of 21 and 22 new cases, respectively, from 2 ships in the seaport. Both ships came from abroad, 43 new cases with a positivity rate increase from 0 to 13.4% and 13.7% within 2 weeks. A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) examination was carried out on all crews and obtained results 21 of the 22 positive COVID-19 crew (95.5%). The monitoring results showed that there was no fever in the entire crew, no symptoms of cough, runny nose, shortness of breath, and other symptoms pointing to COVID-19. Systematic quarantine has successfully contained the large clusters of COVID-19 in the crews of 2 ships and prevented further outbreaks in the local community.
ISSN:1935-7893
1938-744X
DOI:10.1017/dmp.2023.88