| Literature DB >> 33787944 |
Ulrike Grote1,2, Mardjan Arvand3, Simon Brinkwirth4, Melanie Brunke3, Udo Buchholz4, Tim Eckmanns4, Max von Kleist5, Michaela Niebank6, Bettina Ruehe6, Kai Schulze4, Anna Stoliaroff-Pépin4, Marc Thanheiser3, Lars Schaade6, Dunja Said4, Walter Haas4.
Abstract
When the emerging novel SARS-CoV‑2 virus first appeared in December 2019, neither specific therapeutic options nor vaccinations were available. The role of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) became of central importance. At the Robert Koch Institute, a multilayer strategy consisting of population-based and individual preventive measures to control the pandemic was developed, which built upon existing influenza pandemic plans as well as generic plans. This paper explains the recommended NPIs and illustrates the pharmaceutical approaches developed in parallel.Among others, general contact bans, providing material for infection prevention and control, ban of events, closing educational institutions, and restricting travel are counted among population-based measures. Additional individual preventive measures are necessary, e.g., keeping a minimum distance, reducing contacts, and wearing a mouth-nose covering as well as quarantine and isolation. Measures within the health system are based on recommendations of the Commission on Hospital Hygiene and Infection Protection (Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention (KRINKO)) and specified and implemented by professional societies. Since November 2020, an antiviral therapy with remdesivir and treatment with the glucocorticoid dexamethasone have been available as pharmaceutical interventions. Monoclonal antibodies are at this time not approved. Therapeutic anticoagulation is recommended.Recommendations are constantly adapted to the increasing knowledge on the pathogen and its means of transmission. A challenge is to strengthen the trust of the population. Many measures have to be applied on an individual basis in order to work together.Entities:
Keywords: Contact restrictions; Contact tracing; Masks; Nonpharmaceutical interventions; Quarantine/isolation
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Year: 2021 PMID: 33787944 PMCID: PMC8010780 DOI: 10.1007/s00103-021-03306-z
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz ISSN: 1436-9990 Impact factor: 1.595


