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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Aug;27(8):2183-2186.
doi: 10.3201/eid2708.204920.
Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Prisons, England, 2020
Wendy M Rice, Dimple Y Chudasama, James Lewis, Francis Senyah, Isaac Florence, Simon Thelwall, Lisa Glaser, Maciej Czachorowski, Emma Plugge, Hilary Kirkbride, Gavin Dabrera, Theresa Lamagni
Abstract
Using laboratory data and a novel address matching methodology, we identified 734 cases of coronavirus disease in 88 prisons in England during March 16-October 12, 2020. An additional 412 cases were identified in prison staff and household members. We identified 84 prison outbreaks involving 86% of all prison-associated cases.
Keywords: COVID-19; England; SARS-CoV-2; United Kingdom; coronavirus disease; incarcerated persons; outbreaks; prisons; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vaccines; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Aug;27(8):2183-2186.
doi: 10.3201/eid2708.204920.
Epidemiology of COVID-19 in Prisons, England, 2020
Wendy M Rice, Dimple Y Chudasama, James Lewis, Francis Senyah, Isaac Florence, Simon Thelwall, Lisa Glaser, Maciej Czachorowski, Emma Plugge, Hilary Kirkbride, Gavin Dabrera, Theresa Lamagni
- PMID: 34287123
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2708.204920
Abstract
Using laboratory data and a novel address matching methodology, we identified 734 cases of coronavirus disease in 88 prisons in England during March 16-October 12, 2020. An additional 412 cases were identified in prison staff and household members. We identified 84 prison outbreaks involving 86% of all prison-associated cases.
Keywords: COVID-19; England; SARS-CoV-2; United Kingdom; coronavirus disease; incarcerated persons; outbreaks; prisons; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vaccines; viruses; zoonoses.