id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-321598-ae241pmd de Vries, A.P.J. Immediate impact of COVID-19 on transplant activity in the Netherlands 2020-05-01 .txt text/plain 2280 132 49 Worldwide, the delivery of transplant care is severely challenged by matters concerning but not limited to organ procurement, risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission, screening strategies of donors and recipients, decisions to postpone or proceed with transplantation, the attributable risk of immunosuppression for COVID-19 and entrenched health care resources and capacity. In less than 60 days, despite increasingly stringent measures of the Dutch government to halt the spread of the infection, 28, 153 individuals have tested positive for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), 9,127 patients have been admitted to hospitals across the country (of which 2,508 in the Intensive Care Units (ICU) [4] ) and 3,134 have died, according to RIVM (National Institute for Public health and the Environment, April 15, 2020). To facilitate extra time needed for recipient test results to become available, allocation for liver, heart and lung transplantation is initiated before donor SARS-CoV-2 screening is known (Table 1A) . ./cache/cord-321598-ae241pmd.txt ./txt/cord-321598-ae241pmd.txt