Abstract
Official publication of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka and was established in 1995. Full text articles available.Journal of the College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka (JCCPSL) has been recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations. The journal is indexed in DOAJ.Manuscripts are only accepted online through the portal of the JCCPSL https://jccpsl.sljol.info/ . The prospective authors must read carefully the section on Author Guidelines and prepare their manuscript accordingly. To submit a manuscript or to check the status of a submission the authors must first be registered in the JCCPSL Editorial Management System using an existing or newly created username and password. Next, choose the ‘Start Submission’ link and follow the five-step article submission process which is a simple and self-guided process.
Highlights
The trend shifted to a linear pattern from 16 March to March 2020, the slope was calculated to be 9.31 cases per day (95% confidence interval (CI)=8.177, 10.442; p
Despite being a developing country with a relatively less financed health sector, the collaborations made between the military, intelligence, police and the well-developed public health sector in the country helped control the spread of the disease in Sri Lanka
We believe that this same method can be used with local adaptation by other countries who have not utilized such an approach to combat future pandemics
Summary
Sri Lanka reported its first case of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) on 27 January 2020, a Chinese female visiting the country [1]. No new case was reported until 11 March 2020, when the first local COVID-19 patient was discovered [2]. This narrative report aims to describe the trends of the caseload of COVID-19 across Sri Lanka in relation to the control measures implemented.
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