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New COVID-19 Study in India Reveals Superspreaders of Virus
Posted 52 mins ago by Haroon Hayder
According to a recently published study, the spread of Coronavirus is driven by only a small percentage of those who contract it, otherwise known as superspreaders, with children and young adults playing a key role in transmitting the virus.
Researchers at the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI), Johns Hopkins University, and the University of California have carried out what has now become the largest contact tracing study to date.
The study was conducted in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh to track the infection and mortality rate of 575,071 individuals who were exposed to 84,965 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Of the total confirmed cases, 71% of the individuals did not infect any of their contacts while 8% of the individuals were responsible for more than 60% of the new infections.
Moreover, the study found out that the chances of passing on the Coronavirus in communities and households stood at 2.6% and 9% respectively.
It added that children and young adults played an important role in spreading the virus in both communities and households.
Ramanan Laxminarayan, the study’s lead researcher and a senior research scholar at PEI, has said:
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Posted 52 mins ago by Haroon Hayder
According to a recently published study, the spread of Coronavirus is driven by only a small percentage of those who contract it, otherwise known as superspreaders, with children and young adults playing a key role in transmitting the virus.
Researchers at the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI), Johns Hopkins University, and the University of California have carried out what has now become the largest contact tracing study to date.
The study was conducted in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh to track the infection and mortality rate of 575,071 individuals who were exposed to 84,965 confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Of the total confirmed cases, 71% of the individuals did not infect any of their contacts while 8% of the individuals were responsible for more than 60% of the new infections.
Moreover, the study found out that the chances of passing on the Coronavirus in communities and households stood at 2.6% and 9% respectively.
It added that children and young adults played an important role in spreading the virus in both communities and households.
Ramanan Laxminarayan, the study’s lead researcher and a senior research scholar at PEI, has said:
New COVID-19 Study in India Reveals Superspreaders of Virus
According to a recently published study, the spread of Coronavirus is driven by only a small percentage of those who contract it, otherwise known as
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