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Epidemiological characterisation of the first 785 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases in Denmark, December 2021.

Espenhain, Laura; Funk, Tjede; Overvad, Maria; Edslev, Sofie Marie; Fonager, Jannik; Ingham, Anna Cäcilia; Rasmussen, Morten; Madsen, Sarah Leth; Espersen, Caroline Hjorth; Sieber, Raphael N; Stegger, Marc; Gunalan, Vithiagaran; Wilkowski, Bartlomiej; Larsen, Nicolai Balle; Legarth, Rebecca; Cohen, Arieh Sierra; Nielsen, Finn; Lam, Janni Uyen Hoa; Lavik, Kjetil Erdogan; Karakis, Marianne; Spiess, Katja; Marving, Ellinor; Nielsen, Christian; Wiid Svarrer, Christina; Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas; Olsen, Stefan Schytte; Jensen, Anders; Krause, Tyra Grove; Müller, Luise.

Euro Surveill ; 26(50)2021 12.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34915977

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By 9 December 2021, 785 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases have been identified in Denmark. Most cases were fully (76%) or booster-vaccinated (7.1%); 34 (4.3%) had a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection. The majority of cases with available information reported symptoms (509/666; 76%) and most were infected in Denmark (588/644; 91%). One in five cases cannot be linked to previous cases, indicating widespread community transmission. Nine cases have been hospitalised, one required intensive care and no deaths have been registered.

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COVID-19 , SARS-CoV-2 , Denmark/epidemiology , Humans

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