Epidemiological surveillance of COVID-19: a system that works closely with local communities

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Educational resource on epidemiological surveillance of COVID-19 tailored to the priorities of the national strategy for lifting lockdown measures

Summary

  • Surveillance tailored to this new phase of the epidemic

  • More comprehensive virological surveillance: SI-DEP

  • A daily contextualized risk analysis: vulnerability map

  • Estimation of the effective reproduction number of the virus (R)

  • Contact tracing: methodological support, investigation, and monitoring of infection clusters (MONIC Information System)

  • Seroprevalence: what proportion of the French population has been exposed to the virus?

  • Targeted or tailored surveillance for emerging phenomena

  • Prevention is essential in the fight against COVID-19

  • Quantitative and qualitative monitoring indicators

  • Communication targeting all audiences, including the most vulnerable

  • Santé publique France is collaborating with other stakeholders to advance knowledge

  • Support in organizing the biological component of INSERM’s EpiCOV and Sapris surveys

  • Participation in the “Tobacco Use and COVID” working group of the High Council for Public Health (HCSP)

  • National and international scientific collaborations

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