A low burden of severe illness: the COVID-19 Omicron outbreak in the remote Torres and Cape region of Far North Queensland.

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Communicable diseases intelligence (2018) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 DOI:10.33321/cdi.2023.47.41

Caroline Taunton, Leanne Hawthorne, Rittia Matysek, Johanna Neville, Marlow Coates, Emma Pickering, Josh Hanson, Simon Smith, Allison Hempenstall

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A 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.

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严重疾病负担较低：新冠肺炎奥密克戎在昆士兰极北偏远的托雷斯和开普地区爆发。

2021年12月，昆士兰州边境对免隔离国内旅行开放后不久，偏远的远北昆士兰州托雷斯和开普地区宣布爆发2019冠状病毒病（新冠肺炎），在第一个10个月的疫情期间，共通报7784例病例。我们报告居民的粗发病率为25.6%（95%置信区间[95%CI]:25.1-26.1%），住院率为1.6%（95%CI:1.3-1.9%），粗病死率为0.05%（95%CI:0.01-0.13%）。原住民和非原住民的住院率和病死率相似，到疫情爆发期结束时，第一民族的双剂新冠肺炎疫苗接种率高于非土著人。我们将重症负担较低归因于当地社区领导、社区参与、疫苗接种覆盖率和近期，以及社区参与当地文化上考虑的新冠肺炎居家护理计划。

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Communicable diseases intelligence (2018) Medicine-Medicine (all)

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