A large outbreak of COVID-19 linked to an end of term trip to Menorca (Spain) by secondary school students in summer 2021

Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; 2019-nCov; Joves; BrotCoronavirus SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; 2019-nCov; Jóvenes; BroteCoronavirus SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; 2019-nCov; Youths; OutbreakBackground: An outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) occurred in young people from Catalonia (Spain) who travelled to Menorca (Spain) in summer 2021. This outbreak appeared when governments relaxed Covid-19 preventive measures: the mask usage and the opening of nightlife. It was related to a super-disseminating mass event: Sant Joan festivities in Ciutadella. The aim of this article is to describe an outbreak of COVID-19 in young people aged 17–19 years from Catalonia travelling to Menorca. Methods: This is an observational study of a COVID-19 outbreak. The study population comprised Catalonian youth aged 17–19 years who travelled to Menorca from 15 June to 10 July. Epidemiological descriptive indicators were obtained. Descriptive and geographical statistics were carried out. Bivariate Moran’s I test was used to identify spatial autocorrelation between the place of residence and deprivation. The outbreak control method was based on identifying and stopping chains of transmission by implementing the test-trace-isolate-quarantine (TTIQ) strategy. Results: We identified 515 confirmed cases infected in Menorca, 296 (57.5%) in girls and 219 (42.5%) in boys, with a total of 2,280 close contacts. Of them, 245 (10.7%) were confirmed as cases. The cases were diagnosed between 15 June and 10 July. None of the persons with confirmed infection died or required hospitalisation. The attack rate was 27.2%. There was an inverse relationship between deprivation and number of confirmed cases (p<0.005), there were clusters of confirmed cases in the most socioeconomic favoured areas. Discussion: The outbreak is related with young people from socioeconomic favoured areas who travelled to Menorca in summer 2021. Failure to comply with preventive measures in binge-drinking events and during holidays may have favoured SARS-CoV-2 transmission. The interauthority coordination and establishment of a clear line of leadership allowed continuous communication between institutions, which were key to managing this complex COVID-19 outbreak

Ayudas técnicas para la marcha en el paciente geriátrico

The technical assistances for walking are devices that provide additional supports from the body to the ground during gait development. Their functions lie in allowing the displacement and the mobility of the body. The senile walking could be considered as an amount of events that can have all-embracing and psychosocial negative effects on the geriatric patient. In the present study we have developed a technical assitances classification that defines several devices as walkers, a modified cane, an unipodal cane, an English cane and a crutch. All these new definitions have been made following stability criteria.Las ayudas técnicas para la marcha son dispositivos que proporcionan durante el desarrollo de la marcha, un apoyo adicional del cuerpo al suelo. Su misión consiste en permitir el desplazamiento y la movilidad. La marcha senil puede considerarse como un conjunto de acontecimientos que pueden afectar negativamente al paciente geriátrico desde una perspectiva integral, biopsicosocial. La clasificación sobre ayudas técnicas que desarrollamos en este artículo definen dispositivos como los andadores, bastón modificado, bastón unipodal, bastón inglés y muletas, encuadrándolos según criterios de estabilidad

La biblioteca en todos los sentidos

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