Coronavirus Disease Outbreak in Call Center, South Korea
Health Foundation · Hallym University · +5 more institutions
Abstract
We describe the epidemiology of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in a call center in South Korea. We obtained information on demographic characteristics by using standardized epidemiologic investigation forms. We performed descriptive analyses and reported the results as frequencies and proportions for categoric variables. Of 1,143 persons who were tested for COVID-19, a total of 97 (8.5%, 95% CI 7.0%-10.3%) had confirmed cases. Of these, 94 were working in an 11th-floor call center with 216 employees, translating to an attack rate of 43.5% (95% CI 36.9%-50.4%). The household secondary attack rate among symptomatic case-patients was 16.2% (95% CI 11.6%- 22.0%). Of the 97 persons with confirmed…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 43.30
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 7
Authors
26- SYShin Young ParkCorresponding
Health Foundation, Hallym University, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Incheon Medical Center, Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Gyeonggi Research Institute, Seoul Metropolitan Government
- YKYoung‐Man Kim
Seoul Metropolitan Government, Incheon Medical Center, Hallym University, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Gyeonggi Research Institute, Health Foundation, Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- SYSeonju Yi
Seoul Metropolitan Government, Hallym University, Incheon Medical Center, Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Health Foundation, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Gyeonggi Research Institute
- SLSangeun Lee
Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hallym University, Health Foundation, Gyeonggi Research Institute, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Incheon Medical Center
- BNBaeg-Ju Na
Seoul Metropolitan Government, Gyeonggi Research Institute, Health Foundation, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hallym University, Incheon Medical Center
Topics & keywords
- Outbreak
- Contact tracing
- Quarantine
- Attack rate
- Medicine
- Asymptomatic
- Epidemiology
- Pandemic
- Good health and well-being