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Multifaceted strategies for the control of COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care facilities in Ontario, Canada

2020-12-07

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The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused severe outbreaks in Canadian long-term care facilities (LTCFs). In Canada, over 80% of COVID-19 deaths during the first pandemic wave occurred in LTCFs. We sought to evaluate the effect of mitigation measures in LTCFs including frequent testing of staff, and vaccination of staff and residents. We developed an agent-based transmission model and parameterized...

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DOI: 10.1101/2020.12.04.20244194

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