Community Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, Shenzhen, China, 2020

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 6; pp. 1320 - 1323
• Main Authors: Liu, Jiaye, Liao, Xuejiao, Qian, Shen, Yuan, Jing, Wang, Fuxiang, Liu, Yingxia, Wang, Zhaoqin, Wang, Fu-Sheng, Liu, Lei, Zhang, Zheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.06.2020; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: 2019 novel coronavirus; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Betacoronavirus; Child; Child, Preschool; China - epidemiology; community transmission; Community Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, Shenzhen, China, 2020; Coronavirus Infections - transmission; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Disease transmission; Dispatch; Epidemics; epidemiologic; Epidemiology; Female; Health aspects; Hospitals; Humans; Illnesses; Infant; Infection; Infectious Disease Incubation Period; Laboratories; Male; Middle Aged; Nosocomial infections; Pandemics; Patients; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Viral - transmission; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Young Adult; China; Shenzhen China; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; viruses; 2019 novel coronavirus; China; coronavirus; severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; respiratory infections; Shenzhen; community transmission; epidemiologic
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid2606.200239

Since early January 2020, after the outbreak of coronavirus infection in Wuhan, China, ≈365 confirmed cases have been reported in Shenzhen, China. The mode of community and intrafamily transmission is threatening residents in Shenzhen. Strategies to strengthen prevention and interruption of these transmissions should be urgently addressed.