Rapid Response to an Outbreak in Qingdao, China

• Published in: The 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
• Language: English
• Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 03.12.2020
• Series: Covid-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

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.