Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

March 3, 2020

Closed environments facilitate secondary transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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  • Closed environments appear to contribute to secondary transmission of COVID-19 and also promote superspreading events. Declining incidence rates in China after social distancing was enforced further supports this conclusion. 

Nishiura et al. (Mar 3, 2020). Closed environments facilitate secondary transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Pre-print downloaded Mar 3 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.28.20029272