However, research from a call center in South Korea proved these measures wouldn’t effectively combat the virus...
A single infected employee came to work on the 11th floor.
This floor had 216 employees. Within one week, 92 people on the floor reflected symptoms testing positive for the virus, and two tested positive but remained asymptomatic. The side of the floor with the original infected person was the most impacted. The other side of the floor had very few infections.
Interestingly, even though there was considerable interaction between employees on different building floors in elevators and the lobby, the outbreak was mostly limited to a single floor. All other floors combined only saw three total cases. These cases were not traceable to the infection in the 11th-floor cluster.
The number of people infected by respiratory droplets/respiratory exposure versus fomite transmission (door handles, shared water coolers, elevator buttons, etc.) is unknown. The findings show that being in an enclosed space and sharing the same air for prolonged periods increases the chances of exposure and infection.
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