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World Health Organization Policy Brief: Preventing and managing COVID-19 across Long-Term Care services

The World Health Organization has published a Policy Brief on: Preventing and managing COVID-19 across Long-Term Care services: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/WHO-2019-nCoV-Policy_Brief-Long-term_Care-2020.1

The brief reflects on how long-standing problems in the long-term care systems have affected the emergency response to COVID-19, building on international evidence (including reports published on this website). It sets out 11 policy objectives to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 across long-term care, and key actions to address the COVID-19 challenge in short and longer term: