Last updated on 20-4-2022 by Arnaud Capron
Auteurs
Meurisse, Marjan; Lajot, Adrien; Dupont, Yves; Lesenfants, Marie; Klamer, Sofieke; Rebolledo Gonzalez, Javiera; Lernout, Tinne; Leroy, Mathias; ,; Van Bussel, Johan; Sophie Quoilin; Andre, Emmanuel; Kehoe, Kaat; Waumans, Luc; Van Acker, Jos; Vandenberg, Olivier; Van den Wijngaert, Sigi; Verdonck, Ann; Cuypers, Lize; Van Cauteren, DieterTrefwoorden
Samenvatting:
BACKGROUND: With the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an existing national laboratory-based surveillance system was adapted to daily monitor the epidemiological situation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the Belgium by following the number of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections, the number of performed tests and the positivity ratio. We present these main indicators of the surveillance over a one-year period as well as the impact of the performance of the laboratories, regarding speed of processing the samples and reporting results, for surveillan…