Rapid establishment of a national surveillance of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Belgium

• Main Authors: Nina Van Goethem (Author), Aline Vilain (Author), Chloé Wyndham-Thomas (Author), Jessika Deblonde (Author), Nathalie Bossuyt (Author), Tinne Lernout (Author), Javiera Rebolledo Gonzalez (Author), Sophie Quoilin (Author), Vincent Melis (Author), Dominique Van Beckhoven (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In response to the COVID-19 epidemic, caused by a novel coronavirus, it was of great importance to rapidly collect as much accurate information as possible in order to characterize the public health threat and support the health authorities in its management. Hospital-based surve...