United States - First Person to Person case documented
https://nypost.com/2020/03/13/how-coronavirus-was-transmitted-in-first-person-to-person-case-in-us/
Quotes from Article:
The first case of person-to-person coronavirus transmission in the US happened when a woman who traveled from China to Illinois in mid-January likely passed on the bug to her husband through “prolonged, unprotected contact,” new research reveals.
The woman, in her 60s, traveled to Wuhan on Christmas Day and returned to Illinois on Jan. 13,
according to a study published in the medical journal The Lancet.
While In Wuhan, she regularly visited a hospitalized relative and other family members who were ill.
None of them had laboratory-confirmed COVID-19, but it’s unclear if any were tested.
Back at home, she went to an outpatient clinic for fever, fatigue and a cough — and was hospitalized that day for pneumonia.
She reported to medical professionals that her symptoms began as early as six days before admission, according to the findings.
Researchers learned that she had “frequent, close contact” with her husband — who had not traveled to Wuhan — on each of those days, while she had an active cough. She was also suffering from nausea, abdominal discomfort and dizziness.
“She and her husband live together, eat together, share a bed, and have frequent face-to-face interactions,” the researchers found. “Facemasks or other personal protective equipment were not used at the home.”
Her husband, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, was monitored because of his “high risk exposure” and tested positive for COVID-9 15 days after his wife first started feeling sick — though he reported some symptoms days earlier.
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