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High vaccine effectiveness against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and severe disease among residents and staff of long-term care facilities in Norway, November 2020–June 2021
- Source :
- Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, Vol 2 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press, 2022.
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Abstract
- Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes high morbidity and mortality in long-term care facilities (LTCFs). COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against infection was 81.5% and 81.4% among fully vaccinated residents and staff in LTCFs. The vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19-associated death was 93.1% among residents, and no hospitalizations occurred among fully vaccinated staff.
- Subjects :
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2732494X
- Volume :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.b4abf44ddf14c1a9b23d38f3f3f3cfd
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2021.246