{"id":2123,"date":"2020-11-12T17:45:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T01:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=2123"},"modified":"2020-11-13T17:47:15","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T01:47:15","slug":"multiple-covid-19-outbreaks-linked-to-a-wedding-reception-in-rural-maine-august-7-september-14-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/11\/12\/multiple-covid-19-outbreaks-linked-to-a-wedding-reception-in-rural-maine-august-7-september-14-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple COVID-19 Outbreaks Linked to a Wedding Reception in Rural Maine \u2014 August 7\u2013September 14, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>An outbreak investigation of a wedding reception in rural Maine attended by 55 people in August 2020 initially identified 30 primary COVID-19 cases, but infected wedding guests were later identified as the likely source of outbreaks in the local community, a long-term care facility 100 miles away, and a correctional facility 200 miles away. Overall, 177 COVID-19 cases were linked to the reception, including 7 hospitalizations and 7 deaths (6 in the long-term care facility).<\/li>\n<li>The investigation also revealed that the wedding reception exceeded attendee capacity limits and had relaxed enforcement of mask use and physical distancing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mahale et al. (Nov 13, 2020). Multiple COVID-19 Outbreaks Linked to a Wedding Reception in Rural Maine \u2014 August 7\u2013September 14, 2020. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15585\/mmwr.mm6945a5\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.15585\/mmwr.mm6945a5<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An outbreak investigation of a wedding reception in rural Maine attended by 55 people in August 2020 initially identified 30 primary COVID-19 cases, but infected wedding guests were later identified as the likely source of outbreaks in the local community, a long-term care facility 100 miles away, and a correctional facility 200 miles away. Overall,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/11\/12\/multiple-covid-19-outbreaks-linked-to-a-wedding-reception-in-rural-maine-august-7-september-14-2020\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[38],"topic":[21],"class_list":["post-2123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","tag-transmission","topic-transmission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2124,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2123\/revisions\/2124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2123"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=2123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}