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Volume 26, Number 11—November 2020
Dispatch

Asymptomatic Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on Evacuation Flight

Sung Hwan Bae, Heidi Shin, Ho-Young Koo, Seung Won Lee, Jee Myung Yang, and Dong Keon YonComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (S.H. Bae); Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul (S.H. Bae); Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (H. Shin); Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul (H.-Y. Koo); Sejong University College of Software Convergence, Seoul (S.W. Lee); University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul (J.M. Yang); Asan Medical Center, Seoul (J.M. Yang); Armed Force Medical Command, Republic of Korea Armed Forces, Seongnam, South Korea (D.K. Yon); CHA University School of Medicine, Seongnam (D.K. Yon)

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Table

Baseline characteristics and quarantine day 1 SARS-CoV-2 test results for asymptomatic passengers from flight from Milan, Italy, to South Korea, March 2020*

Characteristics All asymptomatic passengers, N = 299 Passengers testing negative for SARS-CoV-2, n = 293 Patients testing positive for SARS-CoV-2, n = 6
Median age (IQR), y
30.0 (27.0–35.0)
30.0 (27.0–35.0)
28.0 (9.9–45.0)
Sex
M 132 (44.1) 128 (43.7) 4 (66.7)
F
167 (55.9)
165 (56.3)
2 (33.3)
Underlying conditions
Diabetes 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3) 0 (0.0)
Hypertension 6 (2.0) 6 (2.0) 0 (0.0)
Asthma 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3) 0 (0.0)
Coronary artery disease 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3) 0 (0.0)
Cancer 3 (1.0) 3 (1.0) 0 (0.0)
Connective tissue disease 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3) 0 (0.0)
Liver disease 1 (0.3) 1 (0.3) 0 (0.0)
Thyroid disease 2 (0.7) 2 (0.7) 0 (0.0)
Current pregnancy
4 (1.4)
4 (1.4)
0 (0.0)
Charlson Comorbidity Index score
0 287 (96.0) 281 (95.9) 6 (100.0)
1 8 (2.7) 8 (2.7) 0 (0.0)
>2 4 (1.3) 4 (1.4) 0 (0.0)

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. IQR, interquartile range; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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