WASHINGTON • Back in late February, when the United States thought it had sealed itself off from the coronavirus, a Chicago resident with mild respiratory symptoms went to pay his respects at a funeral as a friend of the family.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON • Back in late February, when the United States thought it had sealed itself off from the coronavirus, a Chicago resident with mild respiratory symptoms went to pay his respects at a funeral as a friend of the family.
But the case is a telling example of how vital abiding by social distancing recommendations and lockdown orders are, the CDC said, as it revealed in a detailed report how the super-spreading event happened. It all started when the man, referred to as the"index patient", enjoyed a takeaway meal using shared plates the night before the funeral with two members of another family he was friends with.
While the patient who eventually died was being treated in intensive care, he or she was visited by another member of their family who had been in contact with the index patient at the funeral.Three days after the funeral, the index patient went to a birthday party that was attended by nine members of his own family, and came into close contact with all of them over the course of three hours. Seven subsequently developed Covid-19 three to seven days after the event.
The story highlights just how contagious the virus is, with scientists still trying to better understand how it is transmitted.
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