High vaccine effectiveness against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and severe disease among residents and staff of long-term care facilities in Norway, November 2020–June 2021

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes high morbidity and mortality in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against infection was 81.5% and 81.4% among fully vaccinated residents and staff in LTCFs. The vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19-associated death was 93.1...

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Autores principales: Starrfelt, Jostein, Danielsen, Anders Skyrud, Kacelnik, Oliver, Wang Børseth, Anita, Seppälä, Elina, Meijerink, Hinta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
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Concise Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9615003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36310780
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2021.246
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Sumario:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes high morbidity and mortality in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against infection was 81.5% and 81.4% among fully vaccinated residents and staff in LTCFs. The vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19-associated death was 93.1% among residents, and no hospitalizations occurred among fully vaccinated staff.

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