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Emerging evidence summary: SARS-CoV-2 infection, clinical features and outcome of COVID-19 in United Kingdom nursing homes (preprint)

PREPRINT (not yet peer reviewed): SARS-CoV-2 infection, clinical features and outcome of COVID-19 in United Kingdom nursing homesNeil SN Graham, Cornelia Junghans, Rawlda Downes, Catherine Sendall, Helen Lai, Annie McKirdy, Paul Elliott, Robert Howard, David Wingfield, Miles Priestman, Marta Ciechonska, Loren Cameron, Marko Storch, Michael Crone, Paul Freemont, Paul Randell, Robert McLaren, Nicola Lang, Shamez Ladhani, Frances Sanderson, David J SharpmedRxiv 2020.05.19.20105460; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.19.20105460 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.19.20105460v1 They study: Aim: to… Read More »Emerging evidence summary: SARS-CoV-2 infection, clinical features and outcome of COVID-19 in United Kingdom nursing homes (preprint)

Briefing note: Current UK guidance on admission and care of residents during COVID-19 is based on symptomatic cases, ignoring early international evidence and lessons from other countries.

8th April 2020 Adelina Comas-Herrera, CPEC, LSE The current COVID-19 guidance for care homes in the UK was issued on the 2nd of April: (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-admission-and-care-of-people-in-care-homes.… Read More »Briefing note: Current UK guidance on admission and care of residents during COVID-19 is based on symptomatic cases, ignoring early international evidence and lessons from other countries.