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. 2022 Mar;50(3):352-354.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.10.022. Epub 2021 Oct 28.

Daily use of public transportation and incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 among healthcare workers during the peak of a pandemic wave in Zurich, Switzerland

Ludwig Steinwender  1 , Dominique Holy  2 , Jan Burkhard  2 , Ilker Uçkay  3
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Daily use of public transportation and incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 among healthcare workers during the peak of a pandemic wave in Zurich, Switzerland

Ludwig Steinwender et al. Am J Infect Control. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Use of public transportation could be associated with an increased risk for developing COVID-19. We investigated 376 COVID-19-compatible episodes among our healthcare workers (HCWs), of whom 225 (60%) reported that they used public transportation. In multivariate analyses, HCWs using public transportation had no greater incidence of COVID-19 than those continuously using a private transportation.

Keywords: Bus; Hospital employees; Risk for COVID-19; Train; Tramway.

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