No cases of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare staff in a city under lockdown restrictions: lessons to inform ‘Operation Moonshot’ | Zendy

Christopher Martin | Zendy; David R. Jenkins | Zendy; Prashanth Patel | Zendy; Charles Goss | Zendy; Arthur Price | Zendy; Linda Barton | Zendy; Pankaj Gupta | Zendy; Francesco Zaccardi | Zendy; Nigel J. Brunskill | Zendy; Pranabashis Haldar | Zendy; Kamlesh Khunti | Zendy; Manish Pareek | Zendy

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No cases of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare staff in a city under lockdown restrictions: lessons to inform ‘Operation Moonshot’

Author(s) -

Christopher Martin,

David R. Jenkins,

Prashanth Patel,

Charles Goss,

Arthur Price,

Linda Barton,

Pankaj Gupta,

Francesco Zaccardi,

Nigel J. Brunskill,

Pranabashis Haldar,

Kamlesh Khunti,

Manish Pareek

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916

H-Index - 82

eISSN - 1741-3850

pISSN - 1741-3842

DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa237

Subject(s) - covid-19 , asymptomatic , health care , medicine , public health , medical emergency , personal protective equipment , betacoronavirus , environmental health , virology , nursing , pathology , political science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , outbreak , law

Leicester was the first city in the UK to have 'local lockdown' measures imposed in response to high community rates of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission. As part of this response, a directive was issued by NHS England to offer testing of asymptomatic healthcare workers (HCWs) at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) for SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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