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Contact Tracing during Coronavirus Disease Outbreak, South Korea, 2020

2020; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 26; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid2610.201315

ISSN

1080-6059

Autores

Young-Joon Park, Young June Choe, Ok Park, Shin Young Park, Young‐Man Kim, Jieun Kim, Sanghui Kweon, Yeonhee Woo, Jin Gwack, Seong Sun Kim, Jin Lee, Junghee Hyun, Boyeong Ryu, Yoon Suk Jang, Hwami Kim, Seung Hwan Shin, Seonju Yi, Sangeun Lee, Hee Kyoung Kim, Hyeyoung Lee, Yeowon Jin, Eun-Mi Park, Seung Woo Choi, Miyoung Kim, Jeongsuk Song, Si won Choi, Dong Wook Kim, Byoung‐Hak Jeon, Hyosoon Yoo, Eun Kyeong Jeong,

Tópico(s)

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts

Resumo

We analyzed reports for 59,073 contacts of 5,706 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) index patients reported in South Korea during January 20-March 27, 2020. Of 10,592 household contacts, 11.8% had COVID-19. Of 48,481 nonhousehold contacts, 1.9% had COVID-19. Use of personal protective measures and social distancing reduces the likelihood of transmission.

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