We conducted a two-phase study involving secondary data to calculate timelines in detection, confirmation and response and a 1: 2 case control study to assess factors associated with the spread of COVID-19 from April-May, 2022. We reviewed data on COVID-19 primary cases and their close contacts from March 2020 to December 2021. We extracted 2,356 records with complete time-to-event data and assessed timeliness using the Kaplan-Meir estimator. Timely case detection, confirmation and isolation were defined based on the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response guidelines. For the case-control, we defined a case as a close contact of a COVID-19 primary case who tested positive and controls as close contacts who tested negative. We interviewed 119 cases and 236 controls. Conditional regression model were used to determine associated factors at p&amp;lt;0.05