Effect of COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign in Belgian Nursing Homes on COVID-19 Cases, Hospital Admissions, and Deaths among Residents

In view of the grave situation during the first two waves of SARS-CoV-2 virus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2), nursing homes (NHs) were prioritised for vaccination once vaccines became available in Belgium. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) vaccination campaign on COVID-19 cases, hospital admissions, and deaths among residents living in Belgian NHs. All 1545 Belgian NHs were invited to participate in a COVID-19 surveillance program. In Belgium, before vaccination, COVID-19 morbidity and mortality rates were driven by the... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Sara Dequeker
Milena Callies
Catharina Vernemmen
Katrien Latour
Laura Int Panis
Romain Mahieu
Lennert Noppe
Muhammet Savsin
Els Duysburgh
Dokumenttyp: Text
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Verlag/Hrsg.: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Schlagwörter: COVID-19 / nursing homes / surveillance / epidemiology / Belgium
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26975423
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3390/v14071359