COVID-19 in Nursing Facilities: Experience in Republic of Korea

Objectives Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks in nursing facilities can easily lead to a high rate of infection and fatality. A surge in newly infected cases in the first quarter of 2020 in Gyeongsan-si, in the Republic of Korea, was followed by several outbreaks in nursing facilities in...

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Main Authors: Rok Song, Hee-Sook Kim, Seok-Ju Yoo, Kwan Lee, Ji-Hyuk Park, Joon Ho Jang, Gyoung-Sook Ahn, Jun-Nyun Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention 2020-08-01
Series:Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
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Online Access:http://ophrp.org/upload/pdf/ophrp-11-164.pdf