Unvaccinated teacher infected 18 students

In some time Between May 23 and June 12, 2021, 24 cases of Covid-19 were detected as a result of the Delta variant in an educational community and the source of all infections was a teacher who began to experience a headache, fever and cough on May 19.

Wife He taught classes for two days thinking he had an allergy until he was tested for Covid-19, May 21. By then, it had already infected teachers, students and even parents.

Of the teacher’s 24 students, 22 have tested positive for coronavirus and at least 18 of these cases were the product of variant B.1.617.2, i.e. the Delta.

“El índice de ataque en las dos filas más cercanas al escritorio de la docente fue del 80% (8 de cada 10 estudiantes se contagió), y del 28% en las tres filas del fondo”, explicaron desde la entidad that revisa cuestiones sanitarias in the USA.

Including the teacher, 27 people have been affected by the epidemic, including eight parents and teachers in addition to the 18 students, who are in different classes of the school.

Among school staff, only the teacher who was “zero case” and one other person had not received the coronavirus vaccine.