COVID-19 outbreaks in a transmission control scenario: challenges posed by social and leisure activities, and for workers in vulnerable conditions, Spain, early summer 2020

• Published in: Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles Vol. 25; no. 35
• Main Authors: Guzmán Herrador, Bernardo R, Rivera Ariza, Silvia, Latasa Zamalloa, Pello, Chong Valbuena, Andrea, Julián Pachés, Paula, Monge, Susana, García San Miguel, Lucía, Pérez Olaso, Oscar, Sánchez Sagrado, Teresa, Pichiule Castañeda, Myrian, Suárez Rodríguez, Berta, Sierra Moros, María José, Simón Soria, Fernando, García Gómez, , Montserrat, Varela Martínez, Carmen, Delgado Sanz, Concepción, Amillategui Dos Santos, Rocío, Lorusso, Nicola, Carmona Ubago, Alberto, Durán Pla, Enric, Fernández Jiménez, Cristina, García Vázquez, Miriam, Cebollada Gracia, Ana Delia, Boone, An LD, Fernández Ibáñez, Ana, Álvarez Fernández, Blanca, Giménez Durán, Jaume, Caffaro Rovira, Mercedes, Salom Castell, Magdalena, Rojo Moreno, Magdalena Lucía, Pla Francés, Alicia, Viloria Raymundo, Luis, Curiel-Olmo, Soraya, Galán Cuesta, Manuel, Jané, Mireia, Martínez, Ana, Izquierdo, Conchita, Rivas Pérez, Ana Isabel, Ramos Marín, Violeta, López Corrales, Irene, Rodolfo Saavedra, Remedios, Ruíz Pérez, María José, García Hernández, Sara, García López, María, Marcos Rodríguez, María del Henar, Ruíz Sopeña, Cristina, Rodríguez Arévalo, Olga Lucía, Blasco Guillem, Sonia, Taberner Cuevas, Ana, López-Tercero Torvisco, María del Mar, Andreu Salete, Cristina, Montaño González, Belén, González Villar, Ana Isabel, Pérez Martínez, Olaia, Losada Castillo, Isabel, Rodero Garduño, Inmaculada, Sánchez Diaz, Jesús, Jiménez Bueno, Susana, Castrillejo Pérez, Daniel, Hermoso Castro, Luisa F., Gómez Anés, Atanasio A., García-Fulgueiras, Ana, Chirlaque, M. Dolores, Barranco, M. Isabel, García Cenoz, Manuel, Sayón-Orea, Carmen, Casado, Itziar, Oribe Amores, Madalen, Mokoroa Carollo, Olatz, Ibáñez Pérez, Ana Carmen, Martínez Ochoa, Eva, Puy Martínez Zárate, María
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sweden Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA (European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS) 03.09.2020; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - transmission; COVID-19; Disease Notification; Disease Outbreaks; Disease transmission; Humans; Infection Control - methods; Leisure Activities; Pandemics; Pandemics - prevention & control; Pandemics - statistics & numerical data; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - transmission; Rapid Communication; SARS-CoV-2; Spain - epidemiology; Spain; COVID-19; outbreak; transmission; Spain
• ISSN: 1560-7917; 1025-496X; 1560-7917
• DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.35.2001545

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 community-wide transmission declined in Spain by early May 2020, being replaced by outbreaks and sporadic cases. From mid-June to 2 August, excluding single household outbreaks, 673 outbreaks were notified nationally, 551 active (>6,200 cases) at the time. More than half of these outbreaks and cases coincided with: (i) social (family/friends' gatherings or leisure venues) and (ii) occupational (mainly involving workers in vulnerable conditions) settings. Control measures were accordingly applied.