A hospital-related outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 associated with variant Epsilon (B.1.429) in Taiwan: transmission potential and outbreak containment under intensified contact tracing, January-February 2021
Journal
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Journal Volume
110
Pages
15
Date Issued
2021-09
Author(s)
Abstract
A hospital-related cluster of 22 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) occurred in Taiwan in January-February 2021. Rigorous control measures were introduced and could only be relaxed once the outbreak was declared over. Each day after the apparent outbreak end, we estimated the risk of future cases occurring in order to inform decision-making.
Subjects
COVID-19; End-of-outbreak declaration; Epidemic modelling; SARS-CoV-2
SDGs
Other Subjects
adult; Article; clinical article; contact examination; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; female; genetic variation; human; infection control; male; mathematical parameters; medical decision making; nonhuman; probability; risk assessment; secondary infection; sequence analysis; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 variant epsilon; Taiwan; virus isolation; virus replication; virus strain; contact examination; epidemic; epidemiology; hospital; quarantine; Contact Tracing; COVID-19; Disease Outbreaks; Hospitals; Humans; Quarantine; SARS-CoV-2; Taiwan
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Type
journal article