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Residential clustering of COVID-19 cases and efficiency of building-wide compulsory testing notices as a transmission control measure in Hong Kong

2022-10-13 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundDespite relatively few reports of residential case clusters of COVID-19, building-wide compulsory testing notices on residential apartment blocks are frequently applied in Hong Kong with the aim of identifying cases and reducing transmission. MethodsWe aimed to describe the frequency of residential case clusters and the efficiency of compulsory testing notices in identifying cases. The residences of locally infected COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong were grouped to quantify the number of ca...

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