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Volume 27, Number 2—February 2021

Synopsis

Childcare Exposure to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 for 4-Year-Old Presymptomatic Child, South Korea

Yoonsun Yoon1, Gwang-Jun Choi1, Ji Yeong Kim, Kyung-Ran Kim, Hwanhee Park, Jae Kyung Chun2, and Yae-Jean Kim2Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (Y. Yoon, K.-R. Kim, H. Park, Y.-J. Kim); Division of Infectious Disease Control, Daegu Metropolitan City, Daegu, South Korea (G.-J. Choi); Miryang-si Public Health Center, Miryang, South Korea (J.Y. Kim, J.K. Chun)

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Persons exposed to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (154 children and 36 adults) in a childcare center and a shuttle bus, South Korea. All exposed persons underwent testing for SARS-CoV-2 and showed negative results. Close contacts (37 children and 7 adults) were quarantined for 14 days, and persons who had symptoms during the quarantine period were retested; all had negative results. *One child was exposed when she visited the classroom of the index case-patient.

Figure 2. Persons exposed to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (154 children and 36 adults) in a childcare center and a shuttle bus, South Korea. All exposed persons underwent testing for SARS-CoV-2 and showed negative results. Close contacts (37 children and 7 adults) were quarantined for 14 days, and persons who had symptoms during the quarantine period were retested; all had negative results. *One child was exposed when she visited the classroom of the index case-patient.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

2These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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