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Comment
. 2020 Sep 17;56(3):2002568.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.02568-2020. Print 2020 Sep.

Characteristics and outcomes of health and social care workers testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the Tayside region of Scotland

Moneeza K Siddiqui  1 , Benjamin Parcell  2 , Sarah Allstaff  3 , Colin Palmer  1 , James D Chalmers  4 , Samira Bell  1
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Characteristics and outcomes of health and social care workers testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the Tayside region of Scotland

Moneeza K Siddiqui et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

Tayside, Scotland was one of the first health boards to institute testing for all symptomatic workers. As expected, there was a high prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among health and social care workers; however, in most cases disease was mild. https://bit.ly/38JaUmB

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Conflict of interest: M.K. Siddiqui has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: B. Parcell has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Allstaff has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: C. Palmer has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: J.D. Chalmers has received research grants from GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Grifols, Bayer AG, Polyphor and Insmed; and received consultancy, congress travel or speaker fees from GlaxoSmithKline, Bayer Healthcare, Aradigm Corporation, Grifols, Pfizer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Napp and Insmed. Conflict of interest: S. Bell has nothing to disclose.

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FIGURE 1
Proportion of positive tests in health and social care workers in Tayside, Scotland. Percent positive for week 2–7 were 17%, 27%, 28%, 29%, 18% and 14% respectively. There were no recorded positive tests in the first week of testing.
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