A COVID-19 Outbreak - Nangong City, Hebei Province, China, January 2021.

ABSTRACT:

What is known about this topic?

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is widespread globally. In China, COVID-19 has been well controlled and has appeared only in importation-related cases. Local epidemics occur sporadically in China and have been contained relatively quickly.

What is added by this report?

Epidemiological investigation with genome sequence traceability analysis showed that the first case of COVID-19 in Nangong City acquired infection from a confirmed case from Shijiazhuang City; infection subsequently led to 76 local cases. All cases were associated with the index case, and most were located in Fenggong Street and did not spread outside of Nangong City. The main routes of transmission were family clusters, intra-unit transmission, and nosocomial transmission.<

SUBMITTER: Liu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8422181 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature