India Covid: Kumbh Mela pilgrims turn into super-spreaders

India Covid: Kumbh Mela pilgrims turn into super-spreaders

Mr Nautiyal, who has been collating the health ministry data since the state recorded its first case on 15 March 2020, says Uttarakhand had recorded 557 cases in the week from 14 to 20 March, just as pilgrims had begun arriving. The cases rose rapidly after that, with 38,581 cases recorded between 25 April and … Read more

Study: College Campuses Are COVID ‘Superspreaders’

Study: College Campuses Are COVID ‘Superspreaders’

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — U.S. colleges could be COVID-19 superspreader sites, and the first two weeks of classes are the most dangerous, researchers warn. They studied 30 campuses nationwide with the highest numbers of reported coronavirus cases and found that more than half had spikes that peaked well above 1,000 cases … Read more

Supersreaders Spur Record New U.S. COVID Cases

Supersreaders Spur Record New U.S. COVID Cases

Oct. 30, 2020 — The big coronavirus numbers keep piling up — and so do the superspreader events. The Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center reported that 88,521 new coronavirus cases were recorded Thursday in the United States — the most in a single day since the start of the pandemic. Less than a … Read more