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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Jul 16;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.201315. Online ahead of print.
Contact Tracing during Coronavirus Disease Outbreak, South Korea, 2020
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, Eunmi Park, Seung Woo Choi, Miyoung Kim, Jeongsuk Song, Si Won Choi, Dongwook Kim, Byoung-Hak Jeon, Hyosoon Yoo, Eun Kyeong Jeong, COVID-19 National Emergency Response Center, Epidemiology and Case Management Team
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.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; South Korea; contact tracing; coronavirus disease; pneumonia; respiratory diseases; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Jul 16;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.201315. Online ahead of print.
Contact Tracing during Coronavirus Disease Outbreak, South Korea, 2020
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, Eunmi Park, Seung Woo Choi, Miyoung Kim, Jeongsuk Song, Si Won Choi, Dongwook Kim, Byoung-Hak Jeon, Hyosoon Yoo, Eun Kyeong Jeong, COVID-19 National Emergency Response Center, Epidemiology and Case Management Team
- PMID: 32673193
- DOI: 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.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; South Korea; contact tracing; coronavirus disease; pneumonia; respiratory diseases; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.