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If the virus spreads further throughout our communities, and authorities ask people to limit social contact and self-isolate, cooperation with these necessary measures will play a crucial role in minimising COVID-19's spread and protecting the most vulnerable among us. Teams of infectious disease, public health and primary care experts are advising the Government on the best way to deal with this threat.
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Our findings illustrate the widespread collateral impact of implementing measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in people with, or being investigated for diabetes mellitus (DM). Ironically, failure to focus of the wider implications for people with DM and other groups with long-term conditions, may place them at increased risk of poor outcomes from SARS-CoV-2 infection itself, irrespective of the implications for their longer-term health prospects.
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COVID-19 , Diabetes MellitusABSTRACT
Abstract: Mass screening for SARS-CoV-2 infection in long-term care facilities revealed significantly higher prevalence of infection in facilities that screened in response to a known infection compared to those that screened as a prevention measure. Response facilities had a SARS-CoV-2 prevalence of 28.9% while prevalence in preventive facilities was 1.6% (p <0.001).