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Volume 28, Number 3—March 2022

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Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant within Tightly Monitored Isolation Facility, New Zealand (Aotearoa)

Andrew Fox-LewisComments to Author , Felicity Williamson, Jay Harrower, Xiaoyun Ren, Gerard J.B. Sonder, Andrea McNeill, Joep de Ligt, and Jemma L. Geoghegan
Author affiliations: Counties Manukau District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand (A. Fox-Lewis); Auckland District Health Board, Auckland (F. Williamson, J. Harrower); Institute of Environmental Science and Research, Porirua, New Zealand (X. Ren, G.J.B. Sonder, A. McNeill, J. de Ligt, J.L. Geoghegan); University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (G.J.B. Sonder); University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (J.L. Geoghegan)

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Figure 2

Layout of managed isolation facility block 2, New Zealand, in which airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Delta variant occurred between separate nonadjacent rooms. Colored circles indicate persons A–F. Person A occupied room 277 and travel group BCDEF occupied adjoining rooms 276 and 278 on the opposite side of the corridor, 2.135 m apart. Red arrow indicates direction of probable airborne transmission of Delta variant from person A to persons B, C, and D. Blue arrows indicate direction of airflow.

Figure 2. Layout of managed isolation facility block 2, New Zealand, in which airborne transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Delta variant occurred between separate nonadjacent rooms. Colored circles indicate persons A–F. Person A occupied room 277 and travel group BCDEF occupied adjoining rooms 276 and 278 on the opposite side of the corridor, 2.135 m apart. Red arrow indicates direction of probable airborne transmission of Delta variant from person A to persons B, C, and D. Blue arrows indicate direction of airflow.

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