Occupation- and age-associated risk of SARS-CoV-2 test positivity, the Netherlands, June to October 2020

Euro Surveill. 2020 Dec;25(50):2001884. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.50.2001884.

Abstract

High coronavirus incidence has prompted the Netherlands to implement a second lockdown. To elucidate the epidemic's development preceding this second wave, we analysed weekly test positivity in public test locations by population subgroup between 1 June and 17 October 2020. Hospitality and public transport workers, driving instructors, hairdressers and aestheticians had higher test positivity compared with a reference group of individuals without a close-contact occupation. Workers in childcare, education and healthcare showed lower test positivity.

Keywords: COVID-19; Netherlands; SARS-CoV-2; occupation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Age Distribution*
  • Aged
  • COVID-19 / diagnosis
  • COVID-19 / epidemiology*
  • COVID-19 / prevention & control
  • COVID-19 Testing*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Communicable Disease Control / methods*
  • Contact Tracing
  • Female
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Mass Screening
  • Middle Aged
  • Netherlands / epidemiology
  • Occupational Exposure
  • Occupations / statistics & numerical data*
  • Pandemics*
  • Physical Distancing
  • Quarantine
  • Risk
  • SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification*
  • Young Adult