Contact Tracing during Coronavirus Disease Outbreak, South Korea, 2020
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- 1 October 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 26 (10), 2465-2468
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2610.201315
Abstract
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.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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