Study suggests elderly care home outbreaks in England were caused by multiple indepedent infections and also within-home spread

(European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases) New research presented at this week's ESCMID Congress on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID, held online 23-25 September) shows that outbreaks of COVID-19 in elderly care homes were caused by multiple independent infections from outside, plus within care home spread. There is also evidence of transmission between residents and healthcare workers, including paramedics, possibily linking care home outbreaks to hospital outbreaks.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news