High impact of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities, suggestion for monitoring in the EU/EEA, May 2020

Residents in long-term care facilities (LTCF) are a vulnerable population group. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related deaths in LTCF residents represent 30–60% of all COVID-19 deaths in many European countries. This situation demands that countries implement local and national testing, infection p...

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Autores principales: Danis, Kostas, Fonteneau, Laure, Georges, Scarlett, Daniau, Côme, Bernard-Stoecklin, Sibylle, Domegan, Lisa, O’Donnell, Joan, Hauge, Siri Helene, Dequeker, Sara, Vandael, Eline, Van der Heyden, Johan, Renard, Françoise, Sierra, Natalia Bustos, Ricchizzi, Enrico, Schweickert, Birgitta, Schmidt, Nicole, Abu Sin, Muna, Eckmanns, Tim, Paiva, José-Artur, Schneider, Elke, Adlhoch, Cornelia, Kinross, Pete, Melidou, Angeliki, Spiteri, Gianfranco, Brusin, Sergio, Einöder-Moreno, Margot, Pharris, Anastasia, Rosales-Klintz, Senia, Noori, Teymur, Cenciarelli, Orlando, Plachouras, Diamantis, Bundle, Nick, Kärki, Tommi, Broberg, Eeva, Ciancio, Bruno, Suetens, Carl
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7336111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32524949
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.22.2000956
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Sumario:Residents in long-term care facilities (LTCF) are a vulnerable population group. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related deaths in LTCF residents represent 30–60% of all COVID-19 deaths in many European countries. This situation demands that countries implement local and national testing, infection prevention and control, and monitoring programmes for COVID-19 in LTCF in order to identify clusters early, decrease the spread within and between facilities and reduce the size and severity of outbreaks.

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