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EPISODE · Dec 3, 2021 · 14 MIN

404 - How Colombia Weathered One of the World's Most Severe COVID-19 Outbreaks

from Public Health On Call · host The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Throughout the pandemic, Colombia has fared better than other South American countries in terms of hospital overload and deaths, due in no small part to its emphasis on testing, contact tracing, and isolating of positive and suspected cases. Hopkins health economist Dr. Antonio Trujillo talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about Colombia's pandemic strategies, and his research calculating the ROI of testing, tracing, and isolating both in terms of dollars and lives saved.

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Throughout the pandemic, Colombia has fared better than other South American countries in terms of hospital overload and deaths, due in no small part to its emphasis on testing, contact tracing, and isolating of positive and suspected cases. Hopkins...

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