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Volume 27, Number 8—August 2021
Dispatch

Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 Lineage after Vaccination in Long-Term Care Facility, Germany, February–March 2021

Pinkus Tober-Lau1, Tatjana Schwarz1, David Hillus, Jana Spieckermann, Elisa T. Helbig, Lena J. Lippert, Charlotte Thibeault, Willi Koch, Leon Bergfeld, Daniela Niemeyer, Barbara Mühlemann, Claudia Conrad, Stefanie Kasper, Friederike Münn, Frank Kunitz, Terry C. Jones, Norbert Suttorp, Christian Drosten, Leif Erik Sander2Comments to Author , Florian Kurth2Comments to Author , and Victor M. Corman2Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany (P. Tober-Lau, T. Schwarz, D. Hillus, E.T. Helbig, L.J. Lippert, C. Thibeault, W. Koch, L. Bergfeld, D. Niemeyer, B. Mühlemann, C. Conrad, S. Kasper, F. Münn, T.C. Jones, N. Suttorp, C. Drosten, L.E. Sander, F. Kurth, V.M. Corman); Paritätisches Seniorenwohnen gGmbH, Berlin (J. Spieckermann); German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Berlin (D. Niemeyer, B. Mühlemann, T.C. Jones, C. Drosten, V.M. Corman); Bezirksamt Lichtenberg von Berlin, Berlin (F. Kunitz); University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (T.C. Jones); German Center for Lung Research, Gießen, Germany (N. Suttorp, L.E. Sander); Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (F. Kurth); University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany (F. Kurth)

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Figure 1

Individual trajectories of 24 long-term care facility residents over 30-day study period in outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage infections, Germany, February–March 2021. A) Four unvaccinated residents; B) 20 residents who received their second dose of BNT162b2 COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (https://www.pfizer.com) on January 29 or 30, 2021. After a positive result in a healthcare worker, residents received AgPOCT and subsequently underwent regular RT-PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2. Dotted lines indicate respiratory symptoms, and continuous lines indicate hospitalization. AgPOCT, antigen point-of-care test; COVID-19, coronavirus disease; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

Figure 1. Individual trajectories of 24 long-term care facility residents over 30-day study period in outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage infections, Germany, February–March 2021. A) Four unvaccinated residents; B) 20 residents who received their second dose of BNT162b2 COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (https://www.pfizer.com) on January 29 or 30, 2021. After a positive result in a healthcare worker, residents received AgPOCT and subsequently underwent regular RT-PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2. Dotted lines indicate respiratory symptoms, and continuous lines indicate hospitalization. AgPOCT, antigen point-of-care test; COVID-19, coronavirus disease; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

2These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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