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Surveillance of COVID-19 at long-term care facilities in the EU/EEA

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (European Commission, 2020-05-19)

The high COVID-19 morbidity and mortality observed among residents in long-term care facilities (LTCF) in EU/EEA countries poses a major challenge for disease prevention and control in such settings. Furthermore, the lack ...

Residents in care homes – often elderly and frail – are a particularly vulnerable population group.In a number of European countries, deaths in care homesrepresent 30–60% of all COVID-19-related deaths.

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (European Commission, 2020-04)