ARE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS TRANSMITTING SARS-COV-2 INFECTION?

Takuma Hayashi* and Ikuo Konishi

ABSTRACT

Previous studies on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mainly focused on epidemiological, clinical, and radiological features of patients with confirmed infection. However, in SARS-CoV-19 infected people, many cases have not been reported whose transmission route has not been determined. We report a small cluster of novel coronaviruses disease-2019 (COVID-19) to evidence that a potential transmission of the COVID-19 during the incubation period. The first patient in this small cluster was identified in presymptomatic period, as a close contact of a confirmed patient. The participants of the music festival held at the live house had close contact with the first patient during their incubation period, participants were confirmed to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the subsequent sampling test.

Keywords: COVID-19 , SARS-CoV-2, Expert Committee, transmission.