Comparison of prevention and control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 of schools in the secondary educational service area office 5 in Thailand
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https://doi.org/10.14456/dcj.2022.65Keywords:
COVID-19, Coronavirus 2019, secondary schoolAbstract
The purpose of this research was to study the prevention and control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in schools under the secondary educational service area office 5 located in provinces that had been declared as the highest control areas; and schools located in provinces outside those highest controlled areas. Data collection was conducted in 64 secondary schools using online questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and examined for the differences between the groups with the Mann-Whitney U Test statistic. The results showed that schools located in provinces outside the highest control area had higher intensity level of prevention and control of COVID-19 than schools located in provinces declared as the highest control areas. There were 2 important issues: 1) surveillance and disease prevention activities when school starts, and 2) home isolation for contacts who are high risk of infection but have no symptoms. This article should be used as a guideline for building knowledge about the prevention and control of coronavirus disease 2019 for personnel in schools under the secondary education service area office 5 and should be applied for schools under other departments. In addition, this article provides information necessary for the secondary educational service area office 5 in order to provide schools with supplies and equipment for prevention and control of the novel coronavirus disease 2019, such as face masks and face shields.
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