Adolescent with COVID-19 as the Source of an Outbreak at a 3-Week Family Gathering - Four States, June-July 2020

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Oct 9;69(40):1457-1459. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6940e2.

Abstract

There is increasing evidence that children and adolescents can efficiently transmit SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (1-3). During July-August 2020, four state health departments and CDC investigated a COVID-19 outbreak that occurred during a 3-week family gathering of five households in which an adolescent aged 13 years was the index and suspected primary patient; 11 subsequent cases occurred.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • COVID-19
  • Child
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Family*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Young Adult