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CDC: One wedding led to 177 cases of COVID-19 and 7 deaths because attendees refused to wear masks and physically distance – Business Insider Australia
Following a months-long investigation into a Maine wedding-turned-super-spreader event, the state’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention determined the single…
- One wedding in Maine became a landmark case for “super-spreader” events, and researchers are still studying it.
- The event led to 177 COVID-19 cases and seven deaths.
- In a new report, CDC officials said it’s emerged that guests ignored requests and signs telling them to wear masks and to socially distance.
- After five of the wedding attendees tested positive for COVID-19, cases spread hundreds of miles to a correctional facility and a long-term care centre.
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