Type of Intervention: Other Announcement
Sectors Involved: Health
Intervention Categories: Significant events; First cases or deaths
Level of Jurisdiction: National
Lead People/Agency: Bahamas Ministry of Health
Overview: The first confirmed case of COvid-19 was announced, with an express statement of no travel history, nor known contacts. It was subsequently determined 2 days later when two additional patients from same household fell ill that they had travelled to Canada, Trinidad and Dubai.
Full details here: http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/wps/portal/public/news%20and%20press%20release/ministry%20of%20health%20announces%20first%20covid-19%20confirmed%20case/!ut/p/b1/vZbZrqM4FEW_5X5AKjZT4JEwD3aYpxcEYQwZSAKB8PWd6i6pVV2qe1-qYz8hbWux9zk-8jpZR-vknD3aOhvayzk7fv9OmJRUdsgWKBaxDMUBDXpYEyWLVEi4DteR6tOmeEG1ZJJGLk-uhsP6OW_EvLlKdtgAJAqQKaEZ5TBlR0e0mmWeAnV3LvqlNHt0QG7h1sDUqnQgjA6eATkGwKOuoahPUJmCtqUuGRm3l6NLV4asCkJLei0hjz65yybbv3bI7FNdWAC072QCYnwLueNKVRP5sIRDIZyih_6MkNhxigDByBOtuADjyhayoeGtt0_6g5-P1Oqx4p9jx83o42U8fhkHv1k8-CcXoCCef-WyI7zvubx8Gj4NWJH5cf4TwRe5fnGe-rouyc-_qNCAAZpvmby1UYkdBX4IPrP4uUnqKwGzjl-Cze8Fm7W3jgCVuodnry3d4hwWGyAv0LAXL3Dxp3u3hNiTSDxk0BNjCHJ_Qv4doAWRw-Jgr1CtInD8LS9aYv0cPwe6JvVeIOsx7waSbwaS4N1A4t1A-s1A_d1dSv75e6ivkzY_fZv2p2_gGw0gJEjI0gS5YTbEOtD3NS1c-EmSROcOG8SAeTCoFhNSnLductG2w6xZKpEPUWptbUrdP2feNo1dUZyKyg9VeTvDnuOR7cu94JiPq6YQF_28cc7nfLoe-O1NyU_HdLvoVsdV7P7CETfmkuvXJFr4j481Vi-n8otUtr92NpiNO5gILPokFAOEljzAfre4RYCx6Wjg4E8eAMtddCx8cBAuqh-pbJMnXVNfTSfmvUB2C98N_LvRDjGHM8qeJC1P26a0sjC_OrTBER7h934dEUdz37I2RdjE3Y-fDJC5inP2d9Fc0LKTaZXcNPKcXlum9kphZWp9dKRXI1k3qERVSj19YdVWNzLE-blz8mhZKfdb6h3TsT5ieDvp8v00KDBuT0K8yJEgC42LOw4mjftAO3SLnU1xjg4QYdgAbA2SZEUEdwNVq6VzKYaqCDGRduG0CSp4i_KIpkqtMFaHOHPsS6OMPdrJmtXL3P4ZYIkd1GvrKkT8KIu-qYzzLchyHUCi2yvU8VjiwI6X2p6H7qb6_d0Gz0u21fjBUCTbfeiWju9-yj7pNJlenfvfgA2CfAVskiZmBegq5P9e0Z-B7J-_JD-NDpYjCY7eAJZiIQ0BXAd9THH7GjWiFj7sDvc2e-32NCvmeO4Gg4fL6wmkqac5n9PXKDkLiNmUgClTes7JY-DlTRqFh0XZlRmpTjhiwifo4K3ageqiCef-kamw9lsHvopKX4PxftvMXEqqN5ZzdleTpcIobaokh8DV9vFFaDMHyh4qBc3CpyVx5BVHTkmjC8Bzz63B-j56hiNT649dQZXqWDVt1isSEY8rhl7xOMrs8ybFIWXQbg83UQeMrShHxXjZnews3JHpNnVNdyWZ1uPM2PshOvHZuj89DMNkHKnCv24qW_2744-_APw6MI0!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/
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Type of Justification: Evidence of no known contact nor travel was obtained from patient; found to be inaccurate 3 days later. The result may have been initial incomplete questionairre on contact tracing, asking only if patient had travelled or had contact with anyone with virus, not if patient had had contact with anyone who had travelled.
Source of Evidence or Justification: None.
Evidence/Justification: No justifiction initially given.