Objectives The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the extreme vulnerability of older
people and other individuals who reside in long-term care, creating an urgent need for …

Healthcare personnel are recognized to be at higher risk for infection with severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. We conducted a serologic survey in 15 hospitals and …

Die COVID-19-Pandemie hat die Vulnerabilität der Alten-und Pflegeheimbewohnenden
aufgrund ihres erhöhten Risikos für einen schwerwiegenden oder tödlichen COVID-19 …

This paper aims to develop an assessment framework for the Covid-19 prevention and
protection measures in hospitals. The conceptual model is developed by using fifty-four …

Omicron, a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 variant, has spread around the
globe, causing dramatic increases in infection rates. Viral mutant antigens were responsible …

As of August 30, 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported 24,822,800 COVID-
19 infections world wide. Severe disease and deaths occur especially in older people with …

The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted long-term care facilities resulting in the death of
approximately 8% of residents nationwide as of March 2021. As COVID-19 case rates …

Introduction Older adults are at greater risk of both infection with and mortality from COVID‐
19. Many US nursing homes have been devastated by the COVID‐19 pandemic, yet little …

Abstract Background The Dutch province of Limburg borders the German district of
Heinsberg, which had a large cluster of COVID-19 cases linked to local carnival activities …

This paper defends four lines of argument that establish an ethical obligation for clinicians to
be vaccinated against COVID-19. They are:(1) The obligation to protect patients against …