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Coronadrama in retirement home makes scientists wide-eyed: “Not a super, but hyper-scattering” (Mol)


Far from or close to the assistant saint? That didn’t really matter. The ventilation in the residential care center appears to be “rather poor”, the researchers conclude. ©  rr

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A visit to Sinterklaas in the Hemelrijck residential care center in Mol caused a true corona drama at the end of last year: 127 residents became infected, 35 died. New research concludes airborne contamination is the most logical explanation for the outbreak. The viral load of the adjuvant was so high that the researchers do not speak of a superspreader, but a ‘hyperspreader’.

Christoph Meeussen

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