Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
January 28, 2020
Importation and Human-to-Human Transmission of a Novel Coronavirus in Vietnam
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Transmission
- A new case of illness was identified in a 27 year-old male from Vietnam who had not travelled to China. He had, however, spent three days with his parents in a shared hotel room after their return from travel in Wuhan, China. The father was diagnosed with 2019 n-CoV as well.
- Incubation period was estimated as <3 days for this case with strong evidence of person-to-person transmission.
Importation and Human-to-Human Transmission of a Novel Coronavirus in Vietnam (Jan 28, 2020). NEJM Correspondence. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2001272