COVID-19 within a large prison with high number of vulnerable adults in the UK, March to June 2020: an outbreak investigation and screening event

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was unknown before the outbreak began in China in December 2019 and has since spread around the world (Zhu et al., 2020). The impact of the epidemic has been noted in many sectors of the community including institutional settings, such as prisons. Many prison residents are at higher risk of severe COVID-19 and death, due to significant co-morbidities and advanced age in some prisons (Amon, 2020; Kinner et al., 2020).
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Source Type: research