Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2022)

Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant, South Korea, 2021

  • Eun-Young Kim,
  • Young June Choe,
  • Hanul Park,
  • Hyoseon Jeong,
  • Jae-Hwa Chung,
  • Jeonghee Yu,
  • Hwa-Pyeong Ko,
  • Hyun Jeong Ahn,
  • Mi-Young Go,
  • Ju-Hyung Lee,
  • Won Ick Kim,
  • Bu Sim Lee,
  • Sooyeon Kim,
  • Mi Yu,
  • Jia Kim,
  • Hye Ryeon Lee,
  • Eun Jung Jang,
  • Ji Joo Lee,
  • Hye Young Lee,
  • Jong Mu Kim,
  • Ji Hyun Choi,
  • Sang Eun Lee,
  • Il-Hwan Kim,
  • Ae Kyung Park,
  • Jee Eun Rhee,
  • Eun-Jin Kim,
  • Sangwon Lee,
  • Young-Joon Park

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2804.220006
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 4
pp. 898 – 900

Abstract

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In South Korea, a November 2021 outbreak caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron variant originated from 1 person with an imported case and spread to households, kindergartens, workplaces, restaurants, and hospitals, resulting in 11 clusters within 3 weeks. An epidemiologic curve indicated rapid community transmission of the Omicron variant.

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