COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with Air Conditioning in Restaurant, Guangzhou, China, 2020

[...]the air outlet and the return air inlet for the central air conditioner were located above table C (Figure 1). Because the staff and other diners were not exposed to the airflow mixed with SARS-CoV-2 transmitted by patient A1, their risk for infection was lower. [...]in our study, none of the 6...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2020-11, Vol.26 (11), p.2791-2791
Hauptverfasser:	Lu, Jianyun, Yang, Zhicong
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	2019 novel coronavirus disease Aerosols Air Conditioning Betacoronavirus China - epidemiology Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with Air Conditioning in Restaurant, Guangzhou, China, 2020 Disease control Disease Outbreaks Disease transmission Humans Infections Letters to the Editor Middle East respiratory syndrome Pandemics Patients Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology Respiratory diseases respiratory infections Restaurants SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Ventilation viruses
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Zusammenfassung:	[...]the air outlet and the return air inlet for the central air conditioner were located above table C (Figure 1). Because the staff and other diners were not exposed to the airflow mixed with SARS-CoV-2 transmitted by patient A1, their risk for infection was lower. [...]in our study, none of the 62 persons at the other 12 tables were infected. [...]the smear samples from the air conditioner were all negative by reverse transcription PCR.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2611.203774