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An outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) in a secondary care hospital in Finland, May 2021
An outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) spread from one inpatient in a secondary care hospital to three primary care facilities, resulting in 58 infections including 18 deaths in patients and 45 infections in healthcare workers (HCW). Only one of the deceased cases was fully v...
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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8323455/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34328076 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.30.2100636 |
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author | Hetemäki, Iivo Kääriäinen, Sohvi Alho, Pirjo Mikkola, Janne Savolainen-Kopra, Carita Ikonen, Niina Nohynek, Hanna Lyytikäinen, Outi |
author_facet | Hetemäki, Iivo Kääriäinen, Sohvi Alho, Pirjo Mikkola, Janne Savolainen-Kopra, Carita Ikonen, Niina Nohynek, Hanna Lyytikäinen, Outi |
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description | An outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) spread from one inpatient in a secondary care hospital to three primary care facilities, resulting in 58 infections including 18 deaths in patients and 45 infections in healthcare workers (HCW). Only one of the deceased cases was fully vaccinated. Transmission occurred despite the use of personal protective equipment by the HCW, as advised in national guidelines, and a high two-dose COVID-19 vaccination coverage among permanent staff members in the COVID-19 cohort ward. |
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spelling | pubmed-83234552021-08-11 An outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) in a secondary care hospital in Finland, May 2021 Hetemäki, Iivo Kääriäinen, Sohvi Alho, Pirjo Mikkola, Janne Savolainen-Kopra, Carita Ikonen, Niina Nohynek, Hanna Lyytikäinen, Outi Euro Surveill Rapid Communication An outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) spread from one inpatient in a secondary care hospital to three primary care facilities, resulting in 58 infections including 18 deaths in patients and 45 infections in healthcare workers (HCW). Only one of the deceased cases was fully vaccinated. Transmission occurred despite the use of personal protective equipment by the HCW, as advised in national guidelines, and a high two-dose COVID-19 vaccination coverage among permanent staff members in the COVID-19 cohort ward. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2021-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8323455/ /pubmed/34328076 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.30.2100636 Text en This article is copyright of the authors or their affiliated institutions, 2021. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made. |
spellingShingle | Rapid Communication Hetemäki, Iivo Kääriäinen, Sohvi Alho, Pirjo Mikkola, Janne Savolainen-Kopra, Carita Ikonen, Niina Nohynek, Hanna Lyytikäinen, Outi An outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) in a secondary care hospital in Finland, May 2021 |
title | An outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) in a secondary care hospital in Finland, May 2021 |
title_full | An outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) in a secondary care hospital in Finland, May 2021 |
title_fullStr | An outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) in a secondary care hospital in Finland, May 2021 |
title_full_unstemmed | An outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) in a secondary care hospital in Finland, May 2021 |
title_short | An outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) in a secondary care hospital in Finland, May 2021 |
title_sort | outbreak caused by the sars-cov-2 delta variant (b.1.617.2) in a secondary care hospital in finland, may 2021 |
topic | Rapid Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8323455/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34328076 http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.30.2100636 |
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