High attack rate in a large care home outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86, East of England, August 2023

We investigated an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.2.86 in an East of England care home. We identified 45 infections (33 residents, 12 staff), among 38 residents and 66 staff. Twenty-nine of 43 PCR swabs were sequenced, all of which were variant BA.2.86. The attack rate among residents was 87%, 19 were symptomatic, and one was hospitalised. Twenty-four days after the outbreak started, no cases were still unwell. Among the 33 resident cases, 29 had been vaccinated 4 months earlier.

Source: Eurosurveillance - September 28, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Lucy Reeve, Elise Tessier, Amy Trindall, Nurin Iwani Binti Abdul Aziz, Nick Andrews, Matthias Futschik, Jessica Rayner, Alexis Didier ’Serre, Rebecca Hams, Natalie Groves, Eileen Gallagher, Rachael Graham, Beatrix Kele, Katja Hoschler, Tom Fowler, Edwar Source Type: research