Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2022)

Multistate Outbreak of Infection with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant after Event in Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2021

  • Hillary Spencer,
  • Richard A. Teran,
  • Hannah J. Barbian,
  • Sarah Love,
  • Rachel Berg,
  • Stephanie R. Black,
  • Isaac Ghinai,
  • Janna L. Kerins

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2806.220411
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 6
pp. 1281 – 1283

Abstract

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Bars and restaurants are high-risk settings for SARS-CoV-2 transmission. A multistate outbreak after a bar gathering in Chicago, Illinois, USA, highlights Omicron variant transmissibility, the value of local genomic surveillance and interstate coordination, vaccination value, and the potential for rapid transmission of a novel variant across multiple states after 1 event.

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