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. 2020 Dec 3;383(23):e129.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2032361. Epub 2020 Nov 18.

Rapid Response to an Outbreak in Qingdao, China

Yuhan Xing  1 , Gary W K Wong  1 , Wei Ni  2 , Xiaowen Hu  3 , Quansheng Xing  4
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Rapid Response to an Outbreak in Qingdao, China

Yuhan Xing et al. N Engl J Med. .
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Figure 1. Time Course of the Covid-19 Outbreak in Qingdao, China.
The diagram shows the timeline of events in the nosocomial cluster of Covid-19 cases during September and October 2020. Patients 1 and 2 were dock workers at the city’s port. During their hospital stay, they underwent chest computed tomography (CT) examination in the CT suite visited by Patient 3, who was hospitalized, and Patient 4, a nursing assistant. The hospitalized patient and the nursing assistant probably later transmitted the virus to six other patients (Patients 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 12) and two other health care workers (Patients 7 and 11) who were hospitalized or working in the same ward. Patient 14 (the taxi driver) was infected with SARS-CoV-2 through contact with his wife (Patient 11). Patient 12 had been undergoing treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis at Qingdao Chest Hospital for 1 month and was discharged on October 4, 2020. His mother (Patient 13) was also infected through household contact.
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