Introduction:

the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a public health emergency of international importance, a situation from which Cuba does not escape.

Objective:

to characterize clinical and epidemiologically the event caused by COVID-19 at Camilo Cienfuegos community in Consolación del Sur municipality, Pinar del Rio province.

Methods:

an observational, descriptive, longitudinal and prospective research was carried out during the period from March to May 2020 in the above-mentioned community, which was confirmed in epidemiological quarantine, with 10 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The epidemiological SPIDER search tool, the chronopathology and the map of the location of the positive cases were drawn up.

Results:

in the socio-demographic characterization of the community, male sex, the age group from 0 to 19 years old, way of transmission, Cuban citizens, the favorable evolution of the disease, and the short incubation period predominated. The health actions implemented in the first phases in order to deal with the disease were described.

Conclusions:

the epidemiological event caused by COVID-19 was clinical and epidemiologically characterized. The importance of an adequate implementation of the strategies described for the control of the disease was presented, where prevention actions from Primary Health Care are essential.

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