Research Article: COVID- and Severe Acute Respiratory Infections: Monitoring Trends in German Hospitals During the First Four Pandemic Waves
Introduction:
Close monitoring of temporal trends with respect to, eg, case numbers, intensive care (ICU) capacities and mortality in the inpatient sector represents an integral part of pandemic control, as the ongoing COVID- pandemic still poses a major burden for health-care systems worldwide. The importance of leveraging existing national surveillance systems for respiratory diseases has been emphasized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) – as it is crucial to…
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