COVID-19 in long-term care facilities: An upcoming threat that cannot be ignored

• Chih-Cheng Lai,
• Jui-Hsiang Wang,
• Wen-Chien Ko,
• Muh-Yong Yen,
• Min-Chi Lu,
• Chun-Ming Lee,
• Po-Ren Hsueh

Affiliations

Chih-Cheng Lai

Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Tainan Branch, Tainan, Taiwan

Jui-Hsiang Wang

Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Tainan Branch, Tainan, Taiwan

Wen-Chien Ko

Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Muh-Yong Yen

Division of Infectious Diseases, Taipei City Hospital, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Min-Chi Lu

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chun-Ming Lee

Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph's Hospital, Yunlin County, Taiwan; MacKay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Taipei, Taiwan

Po-Ren Hsueh

Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Corresponding author. Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Number 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei, 100, Taiwan.