Importance of modelling for cancer management during COVID-19
Ce dossier présente un ensemble d'articles concernant la prise en charge des cancers durant la crise sanitaire liée au COVID-19
Similar to most countries in Latin America, Chile has been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with very serious and devastating health and economic consequences. The first case of COVID-19 was detected in Chile on March 3, 2020, and since then the country has been implementing control measures (eg, mass testing, centralised intensive care bed management, and mandatory confinement) as recommended by national and international experts to suppress and mitigate the effect of its spread. By July 31, 2021, Chile, which has a population of about 18 million, had more than 1·6 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, with approximately 36 700 deaths and more than 8900 new daily cases reported in June, but 700 new daily cases in August, 2021. Starting on Feb 3, 2021, Chile has been able to rapidly deploy an effective vaccination campaign and 80% of its target population has been fully vaccinated as of Aug 2, 2021. Rapid scale up of vaccination has enabled a reduction in severe cases among the vaccinated population and we hope to complete full coverage of our population in the next few months.
The Lancet Oncology , commentaire en libre accès, 2020