March 13, 2020

Indirect Virus Transmission in Cluster of COVID-19 Cases, Wenzhou, China, 2020

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Transmission

• The authors investigated a cluster of COVID-19 cases associated with a shopping mall in Wenzhou, China to determine possible modes of virus transmission. The results indicate that indirect transmission potentially occurred via virus contaminated objects, aerosolization in a confined space or spread from asymptomatic infected persons. 

Cai et al. (Mar 13, 2020). Indirect Virus Transmission in Cluster of COVID-19 Cases, Wenzhou, China, 2020. Emerg Infect Dis. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2606.200412