South Korean epidemiologists have found that people were more likely to contract the Wuhan virus infection from members of their hosehold.

A study published in the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) focuses on 5,706 “index patients” who had tested positive for the virus. Index patients are the first persons in a group known to be suffering from a disease or medical condition.

The study also involved more than 59,000 people who came in contact with them. The data was collected between January 20 and March 27 when the deadly virus was spreading fast and daily infections in South Korea reached its&nbsp;peak.

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The findings&nbsp;show that just two out of 100 infected people had caught the virus from non-household contacts and one in ten caught the infection from their own families.

The infection rate within the household was higher when the first confirmed cases were teenagers or people in their 60s and 70s.

According to one of the authors of the study, some age groups are more likely to be in close contact with family members as the group is in more need of protection or support.

Children with COVID-19 were more likely to be asymptomatic as compared to adults&nbsp;which also made it harder to identify index cases within that group.

The study makes the home seem like it is not a safe place after all. Simply put staying home is important&nbsp;but it might not be enough.

South Korean epidemiologists have found that people were more likely to contract the Wuhan virus infection from members of their hosehold. A study published in the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) focuses on 5,706 “index patients” who had tested positive for the virus.

South Korean epidemiologists have found that people were more likely to contract the Wuhan virus infection from members of their hosehold. A study published in the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) focuses on 5,706 “index patients” who had tested positive for the virus. Index patients are the first persons in a group known to be suffering from a disease or medical condition. The study also involved more than 59,000 people who came in contact with them. The data was collected between January 20 and March 27 when the deadly virus was spreading fast and daily infections in South Korea reached its peak. × The findings show that just two out of 100 infected people had caught the virus from non-household contacts and one in ten caught the infection from their own families. The infection rate within the household was higher when the first confirmed cases were teenagers or people in their 60s and 70s. According to one of the authors of the study, some age groups are more likely to be in close contact with family members as the group is in more need of protection or support. Children with COVID-19 were more likely to be asymptomatic as compared to adults which also made it harder to identify index cases within that group. The study makes the home seem like it is not a safe place after all. Simply put staying home is important but it might not be enough.

COVID-19 more likely to infect people at home: Study

People are more likely to contract the new coronavirus from members of their households than from contacts outside the home, according to South Korean epidemiologists' new study.&nbsp;

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According to a study in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 5,706 "index patients" who had tested positive for the coronavirus and more than 59,000 people who came into contact with them.

Out of 100 infected people, just two of them had caught the virus from non-household contacts, whereas, one in 10 were infected from their own families.

"This is probably because these age groups are more likely to be in close contact with family members as the group is in more need of protection or support," Jeong Eun-kyeong, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) and one of the authors of the study, told a briefing.

According to Dr Choe Young-june, a Hallym University College of Medicine assistant professor who co-led the work, children under the age of nine were least likely to be the index patient. But he also noted that the sample size of 29 was small compared to the 1,695 20-to-29-year-olds studied.

Children infected with coronavirus are also more likely to be asymptomatic than adults, which made it harder to identify index cases within that group.

"The difference in age group has no huge significance when it comes to contracting COVID-19. Children could be less likely to transmit the virus, but our data is not enough to confirm this hypothesis," said Choe.

The data for this study were collected between January 20 and March 27. During this time, South Korea witnessed a peak in coronavirus cases.&nbsp;

South Korea's KCDC has reported 45 new infections as of Monday, bringing the country's total cases to 13,816 with 296 deaths.

(Inputs from Reuters)

People are more likely to contract the new coronavirus from members of their households than from contacts outside the home, according to South Korean epidemiologists' new study.

People are more likely to contract the new coronavirus from members of their households than from contacts outside the home, according to South Korean epidemiologists' new study. Also read: China asks air travellers to upload COVID-19 test in app before arrival According to a study in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 5,706 "index patients" who had tested positive for the coronavirus and more than 59,000 people who came into contact with them. Out of 100 infected people, just two of them had caught the virus from non-household contacts, whereas, one in 10 were infected from their own families. "This is probably because these age groups are more likely to be in close contact with family members as the group is in more need of protection or support," Jeong Eun-kyeong, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) and one of the authors of the study, told a briefing. According to Dr Choe Young-june, a Hallym University College of Medicine assistant professor who co-led the work, children under the age of nine were least likely to be the index patient. But he also noted that the sample size of 29 was small compared to the 1,695 20-to-29-year-olds studied. Children infected with coronavirus are also more likely to be asymptomatic than adults, which made it harder to identify index cases within that group. "The difference in age group has no huge significance when it comes to contracting COVID-19. Children could be less likely to transmit the virus, but our data is not enough to confirm this hypothesis," said Choe. The data for this study were collected between January 20 and March 27. During this time, South Korea witnessed a peak in coronavirus cases. South Korea's KCDC has reported 45 new infections as of Monday, bringing the country's total cases to 13,816 with 296 deaths. (Inputs from Reuters)

People are more likely to be infected with coronavirus at home: Study

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