Rapid Response to an Outbreak in Qingdao, China

After a cluster of cases was linked to a hospital in a coastal city in China, nearly 11 million residents were tested for Covid-19 in less than a week. A total of 12 cases were identified, and the outbreak was controlled without a lockdown.

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 383; no. 23; p. e129
Main Authors Xing, Yuhan, Wong, Gary W.K, Ni, Wei, Hu, Xiaowen, Xing, Quansheng
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 03.12.2020
SeriesCovid-19 Notes
Subjects
China - epidemiology
Contact Tracing
Cooperation
Coronaviruses
Correspondence
COVID-19
COVID-19 - diagnosis
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - transmission
COVID-19 Testing
Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control
Disease transmission
Female
Health surveillance
Humans
Infections
Male
Outbreaks
Pandemics
Quarantine
SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Tuberculosis
China
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ISSN0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI10.1056/NEJMc2032361

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Abstract After a cluster of cases was linked to a hospital in a coastal city in China, nearly 11 million residents were tested for Covid-19 in less than a week. A total of 12 cases were identified, and the outbreak was controlled without a lockdown.
AbstractList After a cluster of cases was linked to a hospital in a coastal city in China, nearly 11 million residents were tested for Covid-19 in less than a week. A total of 12 cases were identified, and the outbreak was controlled without a lockdown.
Author Hu, Xiaowen
Ni, Wei
Xing, Quansheng
Xing, Yuhan
Wong, Gary W.K
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