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In-Flight Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
HKU SPH researchers together with colleagues from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Hong Kong Department of Health, Public Health England, and National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania have published their report on an observation of in-flight transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Emerging Infectious Diseases. This observation was based on the four persons with SARS-CoV-2 infection, who had traveled on the same flight from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to Hong Kong, China. Researchers found that the near full-length viral genomes from all four patients (two passengers and two flight attendants) were 100% identical and phylogenetically grouped to clade G, and this virus genetic sequences were not previously identified in Hong Kong. However, no other COVID-19 cases associated with this flight have been identified. The virus attack rate on that flight was still unclear on this flight because not all passengers were tested.
Read more about this paper here:
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/11/20-3254_article
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