The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) published on Tuesday 19 May a guide for States to develop a surveillance framework on Covid-19 in long-term care facilities (e.g., nursing homes or centres for the disabled).
This document provides guidance to EU Member States to implement surveillance systems in long-term care homes. Indeed, the Centre notes that, despite the high mortality rates recorded in these establishments, the lack of a specific surveillance system and...