1. @GuHaogao & colleagues report on an apparent case of #Omicron transmission in a Hong Kong quarantine hotel. Traveler from South Africa tests positive 2 days after arrival; traveler from Canada who is located directly across the hall tests positive 4 days later.
2. Canadian traveler was 7 days into quarantine when he tested positive. Viral sequences were compared; almost identical.
Both travelers were twice vaxed with Pfizer in the spring.
Surveillance footage showed neither left their room, only opening doors for food, testing.
Both travelers were twice vaxed with Pfizer in the spring.
Surveillance footage showed neither left their room, only opening doors for food, testing.
3. "Airborne transmission across the corridor is the most probable mode of transmission," the University of Hong Kong researchers (including @bencowling88) report in @CDC_EIDjournal. wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28…
4. This report reminds me of a similar event from Sept 2020 when transmission occurred in a quarantine hotel in New Zealand. Similarly collection of food from the hallway seems to have allowed airborne virus to move from one room to the other. wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27…
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