Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in six care homes in London, April 2020

Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in six care homes in London, April 2020

Background: Care homes are experiencing large outbreaks of COVID-19 associated with high case-fatality rates. We conducted detailed investigations in six London care homes reporting suspected COVID-19 outbreaks during April 2020.Methods: Residents and staff had nasal swabs for SARS CoV-2 testing usi...

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Main Authors: Shamez N Ladhani, J.Yimmy Chow, Roshni Janarthanan, Jonathan Fok, Emma Crawley-Boevey, Amoolya Vusirikala, Elena Fernandez, Marina Sanchez Perez, Suzanne Tang, Kate Dun-Campbell, Edward Wynne- Evans, Anita Bell, Bharat Patel, Zahin Amin-Chowdhury, Felicity Aiano, Karthik Paranthaman, Thomas Ma, Maria Saavedra-Campos, Richard Myers, Joanna Ellis, Angie Lackenby, Robin Gopal, Monika Patel, Colin Brown, Meera Chand, Kevin Brown, Mary E Ramsay, Susan Hopkins, Nandini Shetty, Maria Zambon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Subjects:
Covid-19
Care homes
Case-fatality rate
Symptoms
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537020302777

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