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dc.contributor.authorTaunton, Carolineen
dc.contributor.authorHawthorne, Leanneen
dc.contributor.authorMatysek, Rittiaen
dc.contributor.authorNeville, Johannaen
dc.contributor.authorCoates, Marlowen
dc.contributor.authorPickering, Emmaen
dc.contributor.authorHanson, Joshen
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Simonen
dc.contributor.authorHempenstall, Allisonen
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-23T00:12:11Z-
dc.date.available2023-11-23T00:12:11Z-
dc.date.issued2023-
dc.identifier.citationTaunton C, Hawthorne L, Matysek R, Neville J, Coates M, Pickering E, Hanson J, Smith S, Hempenstall A. A low burden of severe illness: the COVID-19 Omicron outbreak in the remote Torres and Cape region of Far North Queensland. Commun Dis Intell (2018). 2023 Jul 27;47. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2023.47.41. PMID: 37817302.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://dora.health.qld.gov.au/qldresearchjspui/handle/1/5431-
dc.descriptionCairns & Hinterland Hospital and Health Service (CHHHS) affiliated authors: Josh Hanson, Simon Smithen
dc.description.abstractA coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was declared in the remote Torres and Cape region of Far North Queensland soon after the Queensland border opened for quarantine-free domestic travel in December 2021, with a total of 7,784 cases notified during the first ten-month outbreak period. We report a crude attack rate among residents of 25.6% (95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 25.1-26.1%), a hospitalisation rate of 1.6% (95% CI: 1.3-1.9%) and a crude case fatality rate of 0.05% (95% CI: 0.01-0.13%). Hospitalisation and case fatality rates were similar among First Nations and non-Indigenous people, with double dose COVID-19 vaccination rates higher among First Nations than non-Indigenous people by the end of the outbreak period. We attribute the low burden of severe illness to local community leadership, community engagement, vaccination coverage and recency, and community participation in a local culturally considered COVID-19 care-in-the-home program.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherOffice of Health Protection, Department of Health and Aged Care, Australian Governmenten
dc.relation.ispartofCommunicable diseases intelligence (2018)en
dc.subjectCOVID-19en
dc.subjectTorres Strait Islandsen
dc.subjectCape Yorken
dc.subjectFirst Nationsen
dc.subjectOmicronen
dc.titleA low burden of severe illness: the COVID-19 Omicron outbreak in the remote Torres and Cape region of Far North Queenslanden
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.doi10.33321/cdi.2023.47.41-
dc.identifier.pmid37817302-
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