[Evaluation of the Robert Koch Institute's missions for COVID-19 outbreak investigations by local and state health authorities in Germany].

ABSTRACT:

Background

Under the German Infection Protection Act, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) can support local health authorities (LHAs) and state health authorities (SHAs) in outbreak investigations after an administrative request for assistance. During the COVID-19 pandemic, about 50 RKI teams supported LHAs and SHAs in outbreak investigations (virtually or on site). Reasons for or against requesting assistance as well as the assessment of outbreak deployments that have taken place should be collected and analysed.

Methods

Between 9 March 2023 and 12 May 2023, the RKI provided all LHAs (n = 376) and SHAs (n = 10) with a link to an online survey that included questions about whether, how often, and why or why not an RKI field team was requested. If a deployment took place, we aske

SUBMITTER: Martin-Sanchez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11950042 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature