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
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Publicado: Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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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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author 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
author_facet 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
author_sort Park, Shin Young
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description 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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spelling pubmed-74424472020-08-27 Early Intervention Reduces the Spread of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities in the Republic of Korea 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 Osong Public Health Res Perspect Brief Report 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. Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7442447/ /pubmed/32864318 http://dx.doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.4.16 Text en Copyright ©2020, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Brief Report
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
Early Intervention Reduces the Spread of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities in the Republic of Korea
title Early Intervention Reduces the Spread of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities in the Republic of Korea
title_full Early Intervention Reduces the Spread of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities in the Republic of Korea
title_fullStr Early Intervention Reduces the Spread of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities in the Republic of Korea
title_full_unstemmed Early Intervention Reduces the Spread of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities in the Republic of Korea
title_short Early Intervention Reduces the Spread of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities in the Republic of Korea
title_sort early intervention reduces the spread of covid-19 in long-term care facilities in the republic of korea
topic Brief Report
url 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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