Since the start of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, clusters in hospital settings have been described worldwide. Therefore, healthcare workers (HCWs) are considered as a group at high risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection. In Italy, in FebruaryeMay 2020, 119 doctors died because of COVID-19 and globally, in 2020, 91,270 COVID-19 cases were notified among HCWs, with a case-fatality rate of 0.2%. On 27th December 2020, the Italian Ministry of Health began the immunization campaign against SARS-CoV-2, targeting, as a priority group, HCWs.

Rapid decrease of SARS-CoV-2 circulation in a large Italian hospital six weeks after the start of the immunization program

Stefanizzi P.;Ferorelli D.;Dell'Aera M.;Vimercati L.;Tafuri S.
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Capodiferro L.;Furio A.;Lattanzio S.;Tatone A.;
2021-01-01

Abstract

Since the start of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, clusters in hospital settings have been described worldwide. Therefore, healthcare workers (HCWs) are considered as a group at high risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection. In Italy, in FebruaryeMay 2020, 119 doctors died because of COVID-19 and globally, in 2020, 91,270 COVID-19 cases were notified among HCWs, with a case-fatality rate of 0.2%. On 27th December 2020, the Italian Ministry of Health began the immunization campaign against SARS-CoV-2, targeting, as a priority group, HCWs.
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