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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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Autores principales: Hetemäki, Iivo, Kääriäinen, Sohvi, Alho, Pirjo, Mikkola, Janne, Savolainen-Kopra, Carita, Ikonen, Niina, Nohynek, Hanna, Lyytikäinen, Outi
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2021
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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
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Kääriäinen, Sohvi
Alho, Pirjo
Mikkola, Janne
Savolainen-Kopra, Carita
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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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