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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delayed care of cardiovascular diseases in Europe: a systematic review
Adequate resource allocation, clear guidelines on how to handle care during health crises, reduced delays, and healthy lifestyle promotion should be implemented. The long-term impact of pandemics on delayed ...
The influence of risk perceptions on close contact frequency during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
implemented to curb the spread of the virus mainly aim at limiting the number of close contacts, until vaccine roll-out is complete. Our main objective was to assess the relationships between SARS-CoV-2 ...
COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Belgian nursing homes: results of a surveillance conducted between April and December 2020
s were severely hit by COVID-19 with many fatal cases. The measure of not allowing visitors, implemented in the beginning of the pandemic, could not avoid the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the NH s during the ...
Surveillance of COVID-19 mortality in Belgium, epidemiology and methodology during 1st and 2nd wave (March 2020- 14 February 2021)
implemented at the start of the epidemic to acquire real-time COVID-19 mortality data on a daily basis. The surveillance combined information on COVID-19 related deaths from three surveillances (the hospital ...
Excess mortality during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 epidemic in Belgium
a 17.5% excess mortality with 18,765 additional deaths, eight times the average excess mortality of the past five years. In the absence of the implementation of restrictive measures (e.g., social ...
Establishing an ad hoc COVID-19 mortality surveillance during the first epidemic wave in Belgium, 1 March to 21 June 2020
day, 41% after 1 day and 33% after 2 days, with a quicker notification in hospitals than in LTCF. Corrections of detected errors reduced the death toll by 5%. Conclusion : Belgium implemented a rather ...
High impact of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities, suggestion for monitoring in the EU/EEA, May 2020.
population group. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-related deaths in LTCF residents represent 30-60% of all COVID-19 deaths in many European countries. This situation demands that countries implement local and ...