Widespread Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant from Children, South Korea, 2022
Eunkyung Park, So Young Choi, Shinyoung Lee, Miyoung Kim, Kyusug Lee, Seonju Lee, Sunyoung Yoon, Nahyoung Kim, Won Sup Oh, Eunmi Kim, Bryan Kim, Jin Su Song
Abstract
The role that children play in the transmission of the omicron variant is unclear. Here we report an outbreak that started in young children attending various pediatric facilities, leading to extensive household transmission that affected 75 families with 88 confirmed case-patients in 3 weeks. Tailored social and public health measures directed towards children and pediatric facilities are warranted with the emergence of highly transmissible omicron variant to mitigate the impact of coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19).
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Transmission (telecommunications)OutbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Medicine2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPublic healthEnvironmental healthVirologyPediatricsDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)TelecommunicationsNursingInternal medicineComputer scienceSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing