COVID-19: first long-term care facility outbreak in the Netherlands following cross-border introduction from Germany, March 2020.

Mitch van HensbergenCasper D J den HeijerPetra WolffsVolker HackertHenriëtte L G Ter WaarbeekBas B Oude MunninkReina S SikkemaEdou R HeddemaChristian J P A Hoebe

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)

Sequencing combined with epidemiological data was able to virtually prove cross-border transmission at the start of the Dutch COVID-19 epidemic. Our results highlight the need for cross-border collaboration and adjustment of national policy to emerging region-specific needs along borders in order to establish coordinated implementation of infection control measures to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
long term care
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healthcare
quality improvement
primary care
public health
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
mental health
electronic health record
artificial intelligence