Transmission of COVID-19 in Nightlife, Household, and Health Care Settings in Tokyo, Japan, in 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

There have been few studies on the heterogeneous interconnection of COVID-19 outbreaks occurring in different social settings using robust, surveillance epidemiological data.

Objectives

To describe the characteristics of COVID-19 transmission within different social settings and to evaluate settings associated with onward transmission to other settings.

Design, setting, and participants

This is a case series study of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Tokyo between January 23 and December 5, 2020, when vaccination was not yet implemented. Using epidemiological investigation data collected by public health centers, epidemiological links were identified and classified into 7 transmission settings: imported, nightlife, dining, workplace, household, health

SUBMITTER: Imamura T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9958531 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature