COVID-19 outbreaks in a transmission control scenario: challenges posed by social and leisure activities, and for workers in vulnerable conditions, Spain, early summer 2020

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 community-wide transmission declined in Spain by early May 2020, being replaced by outbreaks and sporadic cases. From mid-June to 2 August, excluding single household outbreaks, 673 outbreaks were notified nationally, 551 active (>6,200 cases) at th...

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Autores: National COVID-19 outbreak monitoring group, Varela Martinez, Maria del Carmen, Delgado-Sanz, Concepcion, Amillategui Dos Santos, Rocío
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
Repositorio:Repisalud
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/14927
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/14927
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Disease Outbreaks
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections
Disease Notification
Humans
Infection Control
Leisure Activities
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral
SARS-CoV-2
Spain
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Sumario:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 community-wide transmission declined in Spain by early May 2020, being replaced by outbreaks and sporadic cases. From mid-June to 2 August, excluding single household outbreaks, 673 outbreaks were notified nationally, 551 active (>6,200 cases) at the time. More than half of these outbreaks and cases coincided with: (i) social (family/friends' gatherings or leisure venues) and (ii) occupational (mainly involving workers in vulnerable conditions) settings. Control measures were accordingly applied.