High impact of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities, suggestion for monitoring in the EU/EEA, May 2020.
Surveillance de la santé et des maladies
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Kostas Danis [3]; Laure Fonteneau [4]; Scarlett Georges [5]; Daniau, Côme [6]; Sybille Bernard-Stoecklin [7]; Domegan, Lisa [8]; O'Donnell, Joan [9]; Siri Helene Hauge [10]; Sara Dequeker [11]; Eline Vandael [12]; Johan Van der Heyden [13]; Françoise Renard [14]; Natalia Bustos Sierra [15]; Enrico Ricchizzi [16]; Birgitta Schweickert [17]; Nicole Schmidt [18]; Muna Abu Sin [19]; Tim Eckmanns [20]; José-Artur Paiva [21]; Elke Schneider [22]Mots-clés
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Résumé:
Residents in long-term care facilities (LTCF) are a vulnerable 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 national testing, infection prevention and control, and monitoring programmes for COVID-19 in LTCF in order to identify clusters early, decrease the spread within and between facilities and reduce the size and severity of outbreaks.