Eurosurv. High impact of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities, suggestion for monitoring in the EU/EEA, May 2020

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High impact of COVID-19 in long-term care facilities, suggestion for monitoring in the EU/EEA, May 2020

• ECDC Public Health Emergency Team[SUP]1[/SUP], Kostas Danis[SUP]2[/SUP], Laure Fonteneau[SUP]2[/SUP], Scarlett Georges[SUP]2[/SUP], C?me Daniau[SUP]2[/SUP], Sibylle Bernard-Stoecklin[SUP]2[/SUP], Lisa Domegan[SUP]3,4[/SUP], Joan O’Donnell[SUP]4[/SUP], Siri Helene Hauge[SUP]5[/SUP], Sara Dequeker[SUP]6[/SUP], Eline Vandael[SUP]6[/SUP], Johan Van der Heyden[SUP]6[/SUP], Fran?oise Renard[SUP]6[/SUP], Natalia Bustos Sierra[SUP]6[/SUP], Enrico Ricchizzi[SUP]7[/SUP], Birgitta Schweickert[SUP]8[/SUP], Nicole Schmidt[SUP]8[/SUP], Muna Abu Sin[SUP]8[/SUP], Tim Eckmanns[SUP]8[/SUP], Jos?-Artur Paiva[SUP]9[/SUP], Elke Schneider[SUP]10[/SUP]

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.

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https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.22.2000956#html_fulltext