In-Flight Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 #MMPMID32946370
Choi EM; Chu DKW; Cheng PKC; Tsang DNC; Peiris M; Bausch DG; Poon LLM; Watson-Jones D
Emerg Infect Dis 2020[Nov]; 26 (11): 2713-2716 PMID32946370show ga
Four persons with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection had traveled on the same flight from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, to Hong Kong, China. Their virus genetic sequences are identical, unique, and belong to a clade not previously identified in Hong Kong, which strongly suggests that the virus can be transmitted during air travel.