Investigation on two family clusters of COVID-19 in a county of Baotou city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
10.3760/cma.j.cn112338-20200305-00261
- VernacularTitle:内蒙古自治区包头市某旗两个家族新型冠状病毒肺炎家庭聚集性感染调查
- Author:
Chunfang LIU
1
;
Tianxing LYU
;
Zhengran LIU
;
Hanbing WAN
;
Suhua WANG
;
Liang LIN
;
Min ZHANG
;
Yuhang ZHAO
;
Li WANG
;
Xin SU
;
Yeli YANG
;
Yuhua ZHU
;
Peiyan LIU
Author Information
1. 包头医学院公共卫生学院 014040
- Keywords:
COVID-19;
Cluster epidemic;
Infection;
Investigation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2020;41(8):1210-1213
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the epidemiological characteristics and transmission chain of COVID-19 in two families, and to provide scientific evidence for effective prevention and control measures.Methods:Field epidemiological investigation was conducted for the COVID-19 cases occurred in two families and the close contacts in a county of Baotou city in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Descriptive statistical analysis on epidemiological data was conducted.Results:The infection source of the COVID-19 cases in the two families was a man who had living history in Wuhan. After his return, his parents were infected by him. A few days later, the members of a neighbor family were found to be infected, and relatives of this family were also infected after dining together repeatedly. Finally, ten confirmed cases and three suspected cases of COVID-19 were detected in the two families.Conclusions:Human-to-human transmission of COVID-19 can occur not only in a family but also in neighborhoods. The cases in two families had close relationship, indicating the necessity to strengthen the health education about COVID-19 prevention and control and the management of groups at high risk to reduce the incidence of COVID-19 in families and neighborhoods.
