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WQ.212/2020
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER BY DEPUTY J.H. PERCHARD OF ST. SAVIOUR ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 16th JUNE 2020
Question
Given that the Centres of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines the control' of infectious disease as "the reduction of disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity or mortality to a locally acceptable level as a result of deliberate efforts [where] continued intervention measures are required to maintain the reduction", will the Chief Minister advise –
- whether this definition is the one that the Government of Jersey is using when describing their control approach' to Covid-19;
- if not, what exact definition of control' is being used by the Government; and
- if the CDC. definition is being used, what the Government deems to be a locally acceptable level' of the incidence, prevalence, morbidity or mortality' of Covid-19 in Jersey?
Answer
- No, the CDC definition in the question is not being used, as the WHO articulation is understood to be more recent and tailored to COVID-19.
- Jersey's control approach is aligned to the WHO's overarching goal for COVID-19, which is for all "...countries to control the pandemic by slowing down the transmission and reducing mortality associated with COVID-19" as outlined in the most recent Covid-19 Strategy Update (WHO, Apr. 2020 update, retrieved from https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/covid-strategy-update- 14april2020.pdf?sfvrsn=29da3ba0_19&download=true).
This strategy outlines several objectives, one being control:
Control sporadic cases and clusters and prevent community transmission by rapidly finding and isolating all cases, providing them with appropriate care, and tracing, quarantining, and supporting all contacts.
- As identified in (a) above, the CDC definition is not being used.