Propagation of a hospital-associated cluster of COVID-19 in Malaysia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitals are vulnerable to COVID-19 outbreaks. Intrahospital transmission of the disease is a threat to the healthcare systems as it increases morbidity and mortality among patients. It is imperative to deepen our understanding of transmission events in hospital-associated cases of COVID-19 for timely implementation of infection prevention and control measures in the hospital in avoiding future outbreaks. We examined the use of epidemiological case investigation combined with whole genome sequencing of cases to investigate and manage a hospital-associated cluster of COVID-19 cases.

Methods

An epidemiological investigation was conducted in a University Hospital in Malaysia from 23 March to 22 April 2020. Contact tracing, risk assessment, testing, symptom surveilla

SUBMITTER: Chong DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8655495 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature