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Epidemiological characterisation of the first 785 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases in Denmark, December 2021

2021; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control; Volume: 26; Issue: 50 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2807/1560-7917.es.2021.26.50.2101146

1560-7917

Laura Espenhain, Tjede Funk, Maria Overvad, Sofie Marie Edslev, Jannik Fonager, Anna Cäcilia Ingham, Morten Rasmussen, Stine Marie Dalsborg Madsen, Caroline Espersen, Raphael N. Sieber, Marc Stegger, Vithiagaran Gunalan, Bartłomiej Wilkowski, Nicolai Balle Larsen, Rebecca Legarth, Arieh S. Cohen, F.B.H. Nielsen, Janni Uyen Hoa Lam, Kjetil Erdogan Lavik, Marianne Karakis, Katja Spieß, Ellinor Marving, C Nielsen, Christina Wiid Svarrer, Jonas Bybjerg‐Grauholm, Stefan S. Olsen, Anders Møller Jensen, Tyra Grove Krause, Luise Müller,

SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

By 9 December 2021, 785 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases have been identified in Denmark. Most cases were fully (76%) or booster-vaccinated (7.1%); 34 (4.3%) had a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection. The majority of cases with available information reported symptoms (509/666; 76%) and most were infected in Denmark (588/644; 91%). One in five cases cannot be linked to previous cases, indicating widespread community transmission. Nine cases have been hospitalised, one required intensive care and no deaths have been registered.