Coronavirus disease-19: Summary of 2,370 contact investigations of the first 30 cases in the Republic of Korea

COVID-19 National Emergency Response Center, Epidemiology and Case Management Team

doi:10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.2.04

Coronavirus disease-19: Summary of 2,370 contact investigations of the first 30 cases in the Republic of Korea

COVID-19 National Emergency Response Center, Epidemiology and Case Management Team

Department of Medicine

Korea National Institute of Health
KCDC
Government of British Columbia
Hallym University

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Abstract

Between January 24^th and March 10^th, a total of 2,370 individuals had contact with the first 30 cases of COVID-19. There were 13 individuals who contracted COVID-19 resulting in a secondary attack rate of 0.55% (95% CI 0.31-0.96). There were 119 household contacts, of which 9 individuals developed COVID-19 resulting in a secondary attack rate of 7.56% (95% CI 3.7-14.26).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	81-84
Number of pages	4
Journal	Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2020.11.2.04
State	Published - 2020.04

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

COVID-19
Contact tracing
Epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2

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Coronavirus disease-19: Summary of 2,370 contact investigations of the first 30 cases in the Republic of Korea

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