Early Introduction of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 into Europe
Sonja J. Olsen
, Meng-Yu Chen, Yu-Lun Liu, Mark Witschi, Alexis Ardoin, Clémentine Calba, Pauline Mathieu, Virginie Masserey, Francesco Maraglino, Stefano Marro, Pasi Penttinen, Emmanuel Robesyn, Jukka Pukkila, and the European COVID-19 Work Group
Author affiliations: World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark (S.J. Olsen, J. Pukkila); Taiwanese Centers for Disease Control, Taipei (M.-Y. Chen, Y.-L. Liu); Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, Bern, Switzerland (M. Witschi, V. Masserey); Agence Régionale de Santé Ile-de-France, Paris, France (A. Ardoin); Santé Publique France, Paris (C. Calba); Direction Générale de la Santé, Paris (P. Mathieu); Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy (F. Maraglino, S. Marro); European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden (P. Penttinen, E. Robesyn)
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Figure. Timeline showing illness onsets and exposures for 6 persons with suspected or confirmed cases of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 associated with transmission in a tour group flying from Wuhan, China, to Europe, January–February, 2020. A) Flight from Wuhan to Rome; B) 2 case-patients visited by healthcare worker; C) return flight from Paris to Guangdong; D) tour guide flight to Taipei.
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