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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2023 Jan 17;29(2).
doi: 10.3201/eid2902.221243. Online ahead of print.
Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 Infections, Macau, June-July 2022
Weijia Xiong, Liping Peng, Tim K Tsang, Benjamin J Cowling
Abstract
A SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 outbreak occurred in Macau from mid-June through July 2022. Out of >1,800 laboratory-confirmed cases, most were mild or asymptomatic; only 6 deaths were recorded. The outbreak was controlled through stringent public health and social measures, such as repeated universal testing and a stay-at-home order lasting 2 weeks.
Keywords: COVID-19; Macau; Omicron variant; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; incubation period; public health; reproductive number; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; social measures; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2023 Jan 17;29(2).
doi: 10.3201/eid2902.221243. Online ahead of print.
Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 Infections, Macau, June-July 2022
Weijia Xiong, Liping Peng, Tim K Tsang, Benjamin J Cowling
- PMID: 36648122
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2902.221243
Abstract
A SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 outbreak occurred in Macau from mid-June through July 2022. Out of >1,800 laboratory-confirmed cases, most were mild or asymptomatic; only 6 deaths were recorded. The outbreak was controlled through stringent public health and social measures, such as repeated universal testing and a stay-at-home order lasting 2 weeks.
Keywords: COVID-19; Macau; Omicron variant; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; incubation period; public health; reproductive number; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; social measures; viruses; zoonoses.