The King's College London study of 10 UK hospital sites plus one in Italy found at least one in eight patients who had received hospital treatment for coronavirus had caught it on-site.
Researchers said that was a relatively low rate and showed there was effective infection control in place. BBC News
See also:
- Nosocomial COVID-19 infection: examining the risk of mortality. The COPE-Nosocomial Study (COVID in Older PEople) (open access) The Journal of Hospital Infection
- Hong Kong reports 'first case' of virus reinfection BBC News
- Coronavirus: Dr Anthony Fauci warns against rushing out vaccine BBC News
- Heads want to know if masks allowed in school BBC News
- Matt Hancock launches 'Operation Moon Shot' plan to test four MILLION people every day within months The Daily Mail
- NHS Test and Trace is directing people to Covid-19 test centres up to 175 miles away The Daily Mail
- Health chiefs defied Sage advice on hospital tests The Daily Telegraph
- Coronavirus home test kits run out in England and Scotland The Guardian
- Coronavirus: Thousands of health and care staff infected at work, new data shows The Independent
- Coronavirus: Scotland considers mandatory face masks in high schools as 22 teachers and pupils test positive in outbreak The Independent
- Coronavirus: Treatment hailed by Trump as 'breakthrough' is 'not conclusive', NHS says Sky News
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