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Coronavirus Covid-19: How ‘super-spreading’ fuelled NZ’s outbreak – New Zealand Herald
One in five adults responsible for up to 85 per cent of spread in NZ’s Covid-19 outbreak.
The locations of New Zealand’s Level 4 clusters. Video / NZ HeraldResearchers have reconstructed New Zealand’s main Covid-19 outbreak to find that one in five adults were responsible for up to 85 per cent of the virus’ spread.
The new analysis, published in the journal PLOS One, has highlighted the importance of targeting super-spreader events to combat flare-ups.
It’s also suggested children under 10 infected fewer people on average and were less likely to themselves be “super-spreaders”, who were…
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