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Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020
Dispatch

Early Introduction of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 into Europe

Sonja J. OlsenComments to Author , 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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Table

Characteristics of 6 persons with suspected or confirmed cases of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 associated with transmission in a tour group from Wuhan, China, to Europe, January–February, 2020*

Person Age, y/sex Onset of symptoms Symptoms Date of test result (specimen type) Days between onset and test Date of test result Hospitalization date
Mother
 53/F
 Before Jan 16
 Cough, no fever, odynophagia (cough 
still noted on return 
flight to China)
 Not tested
 NA
 NA
 None
Daughter
 29/F
 Jan 21
 Cough, no fever, odynophagia (cough 
still noted on return 
flight to China)
 Not tested
 NA
 NA
 None
Tour guide
 55/F
 Jan 22
 Dry cough, fever (Jan 26–Feb 2, Feb 10)
 Jan 25 
(throat 
and sputum)
 3
 Jan 26
 Jan 25
Tour member
 31/F
 Jan 24
 Diarrhea (Jan 24), 
cough (Jan 25), 
fever (Jan 31–Feb 3), facial palsy (Feb 3)
 Jan 31 
(throat swab)
 7
 Feb 1
 Jan 31
Tour leader
 27/F
 Jan 25
 Febrile sensation (low-grade fever of 37.4°C)
 Feb 1 
(throat swab)
 7
 Feb 3
 Feb 5
Physician 53/M Jan 28 Fever, headache, 
general weakness Jan 29, first positive; Feb 2–4, daily positive; Feb 5–9, daily positive (low); Feb 11–14, daily negative 1 Jan 29 Jan 29

*NA, not applicable.

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1Group members are listed at the end of this article.

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