Early Intervention Reduces the Spread of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities in the Republic of Korea

This study describes the epidemiological characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) based on reported cases from long-term care facilities. As of April 20(th), 2020, 3 long-term care facilities in a metropolitan area of South Korea had reported cases of COVID-19. These facilities’ employ...

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Autores principales: Park, Shin Young, Choi, Gawon, Lee, Hyeyoung, Kim, Na-young, Lee, Seon-young, Kim, Kyungnam, Shin, Soyoung, Jang, Eunsu, Moon, YoungSin, Oh, KwangHwan, Choi, JaeRin, Lee, Sangeun, Kim, Young-Man, Kim, Jieun, Yi, Seonju, Gwack, Jin, Park, Ok, Park, Young Joon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7442447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32864318
http://dx.doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.4.16
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Sumario:This study describes the epidemiological characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) based on reported cases from long-term care facilities. As of April 20(th), 2020, 3 long-term care facilities in a metropolitan area of South Korea had reported cases of COVID-19. These facilities’ employees were presumed to be the sources of infection. There were 2 nursing hospitals that did not report any additional cases. One nursing home had a total of 25 cases, with an attack rate of 51.4% (95% CI 35.6–67.0), and a fatality rate of 38.9% (95% CI 20.3–61.4) among residents. The results from this study suggest that early detection and maintenance of infection control minimizes the risk of rapid transmission.

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