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 us...

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Published in:	EClinicalMedicine Vol. 26; p. 100533
Main Authors:	Ladhani, Shamez N, Chow, J.Yimmy, Janarthanan, Roshni, Fok, Jonathan, Crawley-Boevey, Emma, Vusirikala, Amoolya, Fernandez, Elena, Perez, Marina Sanchez, Tang, Suzanne, Dun-Campbell, Kate, Evans, Edward Wynne, Bell, Anita, Patel, Bharat, Amin-Chowdhury, Zahin, Aiano, Felicity, Paranthaman, Karthik, Ma, Thomas, Saavedra-Campos, Maria, Myers, Richard, Ellis, Joanna, Lackenby, Angie, Gopal, Robin, Patel, Monika, Brown, Colin, Chand, Meera, Brown, Kevin, Ramsay, Mary E, Hopkins, Susan, Shetty, Nandini, Zambon, Maria
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2020 Elsevier
Subjects:	Care homes Case-fatality rate Covid-19 Internal Medicine Research Paper Symptoms Case-fatality rate Covid-19 Symptoms Care homes
ISSN:	2589-5370, 2589-5370
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