Abstract
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) screening project has been conducted by the Red Crescent Society for 17 days with the aim of identifying and treating people with COVID-19, reducing road trips, and sensitizing people to the problem. Due to the shortage of testing devices, passengers were screened by measuring skin temperature. In 851 screening posts, 95 371 volunteers of Red Crescent monitored 21 640 866 people.Besides screening people, the stations have had other functions, including urging people to stay at home, restricting road trips, especially during the Iranian New Year holidays, reassuring the people that all relevant organizations are doing their best to respond to COVID-19, and the like. However, future research is still needed to analyze the cost-benefit of this plan and other possible options.
Highlights
Besides screening people, the stations have had other functions, including urging people to stay at home, restricting road trips, especially during the Iranian New Year holidays, reassuring the people that all relevant organizations are doing their best to respond to COVID-19, and the like
Iran has a high number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the world and has been the worst affected country in the Middle East until May 2, 2020.3 The total number of people living with COVID-19 in Iran so far is 96 448, death toll reached 6156, and the total number of people who recovered from the disease so far is 77 350.4
Coronavirus Testing Centers or mobile fever detection stations were launched on March 18, 2020, in Iran
Summary
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) screening project has been conducted by the Red Crescent Society for 17 days with the aim of identifying and treating people with COVID-19, reducing road trips, and sensitizing people to the problem. In 851 screening posts, 95 371 volunteers of Red Crescent monitored 21 640 866 people. NARRATIVE The screening program began on March 18 in several provinces and expanded within a week In this plan, the IRCS operational forces, based on the situation in provinces, worked in more than 851 temporary stations or posts at the entrances and exits of cities, train stations, and airports to control passengers and identify the suspected cases of COVID-19. 4 trained personnel consisting of aid workers (volunteer and staff) of IRCS screened passengers for COVID-19 symptoms and referred the people with the symptoms to the specified health centers until the end of April 4, 2020.5. The shifts were rotating every 6 hours, and new people were substituted for the previous shift in each post
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