Hong Kong is also a major regional and international transportation hub, with high local cross-border traveler flux given its close proximity to mainland China (Chan and Xu, 2003; Chong and Pan, 2020). The public was therefore sensitive to the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan,...
"Since the epidemic I've become anxious, flustered and lost, and then the bars started to close down one by one," said Cai, who in 2016 gave up his job as an architect at a state-owned enterprise to open his first establishment. To offset the drop in walk-in customers, Cai...
History of close contact with confirmed COVID-19, n (%) 20 (62.5) 15 (68.2) 2 (66.7) 3 (42.9) Comorbidities, n (%) Any 19 (59.4) 12 (54.5) 2 (66.7) 5 (71.4) Hypertension 4 (12.5) 1 (4.5) 2 (66.7) 1 (14.3) Diabetes 2 (6.3) 0 (0) 1 (33.3) 1 (14.3) Coronary ...
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Evaluating completion rates of COVID-19 contact tracing surveys in New York City Kaiyu He Steffen Foerster Sen Pei BMC Public Health(2024) Community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during the Delta wave in New York City Katherine Dai Steffen Foerster ...
People worldwide are experiencing fear of being infected, fear of social contact with an infected individual, or fear regarding the death of a family member (Ahorsu et al., 2020). According to the COR theory, “individuals strive to obtain, retain and protect those things (resources) they ...
or who have direct contact with body fluids or secretions of an infected person (e.g., was coughed or sneezed on) [13,14,15,16,17,18,19]. The number of CC is difficult to estimate or track; previous studies found that one confirmed COVID-19 case could have up to 44 close contact...
Both the women and their clients made use of the latter exception, if they had a pet, to make contact. At first I would go out with the dog to look for clients, because it was one of the reasons you were allowed to be out on the street. (Esperanza, Gran Canaria) All leisure ...
Diagnostic questions related to COVID-19 status and associated outcomes for themselves or individuals with which they were in close contact (n = 12 for PwPD; n = 13 for care partners). Knowledge questions regarding the COVID-19 outbreak and CDC recommended responses (n = 4). ...