Prognosis
Coronavirus Spread in China Mostly Among Families, WHO Says
- As much as 85% of spread occurred in households: report
- China health workers tracing tens of thousands of contacts
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Transmission of the coronavirus in China has largely occurred within families, according to a new report that suggests the disease is spreading less readily than some experts had feared.
Of about 344 clusters of infection in Guangdong and Sichuan provinces, up to 85% occurred in households, according to the report from a team of experts convened by the World Health Organization. Further studies of family spread are underway, it said.