Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant, South Korea, 2021
Eun-Young Kim
1, Young June Choe
1, Hanul Park, Hyoseon Jeong, Jae-Hwa Chung, Jeonghee Yu, Hwa-Pyeong Ko, Hyun Jeong Ahn, Mi-Young Go, Ju-Hyung Lee, Won Ick Kim, Bu Sim Lee, Sooyeon Kim, Mi Yu, Jia Kim, Hye Ryeon Lee, Eun Jung Jang, Ji Joo Lee, Hye Young Lee, Jong Mu Kim, Ji Hyun Choi, Sang Eun Lee, Il-Hwan Kim, Ae Kyung Park, Jee Eun Rhee, Eun-Jin Kim, Sangwon Lee, and Young-Joon Park
Author affiliations: Honam Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Gwangju, South Korea (E.-Y. Kim, H. Jeong, J.-H. Chung, J. Yu); Korea University Anam Hospital, Seoul, South Korea (Y.J. Choe); Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Cheongju, South Korea (H. Park, M. Yu, J. Kim, H.R. Lee, E.J. Jang, J.J. Lee, H.Y. Lee, J.M. Kim, J.H. Choi, S.E. Lee, I.-.H. Kim, A.K. Park, J.E. Rhee, E.-J. Kim, S. Lee, Y.-J. Park); Gwangju Metropolitan Government, Gwangju (H.-P. Ko); Jeollabuk-do Government, Jeonju, South Korea (H.J. Ahn, M.-Y. Go); Jeollabuk-do Center for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Jeonju, South Korea (J.-H. Lee); Jeollanam-do Government, Muan, South Korea (W.I. Kim, B.S. Lee); Jeollanam-do Communicable Disease Management Support Team, Muan (S. Kim)
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Figure. Epidemiologic curve of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Omicron VOC cluster case-patients, South Korea, 2021. LTCF, long-term care facility.
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