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Widespread Household Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant from Children, South Korea, 2022.

Eunkyung ParkSo Young ChoiShinyoung LeeMi Young KimKyusug LeeSeonju LeeSunyoung YoonNahyoung KimWon Sup OhEunmi KimBryan Inho KimJin Su Song
Published in: Yonsei medical journal (2023)
The role that children play in the transmission of the omicron variant is unclear. Here we report an outbreak that started in young children attending various pediatric facilities, leading to extensive household transmission that affected 75 families with 88 confirmed case-patients in 3 weeks. Tailored social and public health measures directed towards children and pediatric facilities are warranted with the emergence of highly transmissible omicron variant to mitigate the impact of coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19).
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