High attack rate of COVID-19 in an organized tour group of vaccinated travellers to Iceland

In a COVID-19 outbreak in a group of 25 twice-vaccinated Israeli travellers, the attack rate was 84%, despite negative preflight polymerase chain reaction tests. This extremely high breakthrough infection rate is attributed mainly to close and prolonged exposures during long bus drives. Masking, dis...

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Published in:Journal of Travel Medicine
Main Authors: Benenson, Shmuel, Ottolenghi, Miriam, Cohen, Matan J, Nir-Paz, Ran, Oster, Yonatan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2021
Subjects:
General Medicine
Iceland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taab157
http://academic.oup.com/jtm/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/jtm/taab157/40664430/taab157.pdf
https://academic.oup.com/jtm/article-pdf/28/8/taab157/41959305/taab157.pdf
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Summary:In a COVID-19 outbreak in a group of 25 twice-vaccinated Israeli travellers, the attack rate was 84%, despite negative preflight polymerase chain reaction tests. This extremely high breakthrough infection rate is attributed mainly to close and prolonged exposures during long bus drives. Masking, distancing and personal responsibility are required to avoid such outbreaks.

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