Woman’s neighbors in the Elevator with Corona – a total of 71 people infected

At least 71 people have been infected in China with the Coronavirus after a woman has in a house, apparently your neighbors in the Elevator attached. A case study of scientists from the Chinese province of Hubei comes to the conclusion that the Virus was probably transmitted via surfaces in the Elevator of the building. A summary of the findings, the physicians published on the page of the journal “Emerging Infectious Diseases”.

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Accordingly, the 25-year-old “patient, A0 was” on 19. March of a stay in the United States in the Chinese province of Heilongjiang returned. The province had reported at this time for eight days, no Corona infections and more. Upon their return, the wife came for two weeks in home quarantine and had no contact with the other inhabitants of the house. A little later, however, it came to the first infection among the neighbors and in their environment.

Coronavirus infection on surfaces in the Elevator

The study from China traces how the Virus spread: On 26. March a resident of the house invited his mother and their life companions to be. Three days later, they attended a Party. On 2. April a other participants of the Celebration with a high fever came to the hospital, also his sons had to be admitted. The life of the mother of the neighbor fellow was on 9. April a positive effect on Covid-19 tested, shortly after he had showed first symptoms.

Of this Cluster, the infection spread chains and spread to the hospitals. In the clinic, in a Party of participants was first treated, there was, according to the scientists at least 28 infections. After his transfer to a different hospital where 20 cases have been identified – including patients, Doctors, and nurses.

Elevators are considered to be Corona-Hotspots in high-rise buildings

Among the cases, which were in direct connection with the high house, there was, however, no one had been in the 14 days prior to infection in a Corona area. It was only when the researchers from the wife learned that had recently been in the United States, you could identify the beginning of the chain of infection in the province. In the case of a Test antibody were detected in the woman’s body. She had been infected without showing symptoms. Even a Coronavirus-Test of the entry was negative.

The wife had used during their quarantine with no contact with the neighbors and also the Elevator alone. The scientists, therefore, in their study on the assumption that the other inhabitants of the house have been infected, as they came up with the surfaces in the Elevator in contact. According to the Robert Koch Institute, the Coronavirus can be detected on stainless steel for up to 48 hours on plastic for up to 72 hours. The investigated virus load in these cases, however, low. In addition to the Transmission over the surfaces of the elevators shall also apply due to poor ventilation as a particularly dangerous Hotspots of the virus spread.

Sources: “Emerging Infectious Diseases” / Robert-Koch-Institute

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