Early intervention reduces the spread of covid-19 in long-term care facilities in the Republic of Korea

Shin Young Park; Gawon Choi; Hyeyoung Lee; Na Young Kim; Seon Young Lee; Kyungnam Kim; Soyoung Shin; Eunsu Jang; Young Sin Moon; Kwang Hwan Oh; Jae Rin Choi; Sangeun Lee; Young Man Kim; Jieun Kim; Seonju Yi; Jin Gwack; Ok Park; Young Joon Park

doi:10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.4.16

Early intervention reduces the spread of covid-19 in long-term care facilities in the Republic of Korea

Shin Young Park
, Gawon Choi
, Hyeyoung Lee
, Na Young Kim
, Seon Young Lee
, Kyungnam Kim
, Soyoung Shin
, Eunsu Jang
, Young Sin Moon
, Kwang Hwan Oh
, Jae Rin Choi
, Sangeun Lee
, Young Man Kim
, Jieun Kim
, Seonju Yi
, Jin Gwack
, Ok Park
, Young Joon Park^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Medicine

Korea National Institute of Health
Gyeonggi Provincial Office
Health Administration Department
Guro-gu Health Center
Health Administration Department

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Abstract

This study describes the epidemiological characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) based on reported cases from long-term care facilities. As of April 20^th, 2020, 3 long-term care facilities in a metropolitan area of South Korea had reported cases of COVID-19. These facilities' employees were presumed to be the sources of infection. There were 2 nursing hospitals that did not report any additional cases. One nursing home had a total of 25 cases, with an attack rate of 51.4% (95% CI 35.6-67.0), and a fatality rate of 38.9% (95% CI 20.3-61.4) among residents. The results from this study suggest that early detection and maintenance of infection control minimizes the risk of rapid transmission.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	259-264
Number of pages	6
Journal	Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
Volume	11
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.4.16
State	Published - 2020.08.1

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

COVID-19
Housing for the elderly
Long-term care

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Park, S. Y., Choi, G., Lee, H., Kim, N. Y., Lee, S. Y., Kim, K., Shin, S., Jang, E., Moon, Y. S., Oh, K. H., Choi, J. R., Lee, S., Kim, Y. M., Kim, J., Yi, S., Gwack, J., Park, O., & Park, Y. J. (2020). Early intervention reduces the spread of covid-19 in long-term care facilities in the Republic of Korea. Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives, 11(4), 259-264. https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.4.16

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Early intervention reduces the spread of covid-19 in long-term care facilities in the Republic of Korea

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