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发帖数: 484 | 1 一个婚礼传染144人，已挂两个，死亡率1.4%, 有点高啊
The number of Covid-19 cases linked to an August wedding reception in Maine
more than doubled in the past week to 144, a state CDC spokesman said
Thursday.
a sign next to a tree: The wedding reception was held August 7 in
Millinocket, Maine. © Facebook The wedding reception was held August 7
in Millinocket, Maine.
Also, a second person connected to the outbreak died of the virus in the
past week, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention spokesman Robert
Long told CNN.
The wedding was less than a month ago, in Millinocket on August 7. Since
then, the cases have spread to a nursing home and a prison, both more than
100 miles away from the venue.
Last week, Maine CDC said 60 cases were linked to the wedding, but this week
it had updated that number to 56. Now, there are 144 cases of coronavirus
tied to what was supposed to be a joyous event, more than doubling the cases.
The wedding outbreak investigation is still at 56 cases between the guests
and their secondary and tertiary contacts. Secondary contacts are people who
had close contact with someone who attended and tertiary contacts are
people who had close contact with a secondary.
Covid cases at a jail and nursing home
The agency announced last week that there were outbreaks at Maplecrest
Rehabilitation Center in Madison and at York County Jail in Alfred, both
linked to the wedding event.
Now, 72 people connected to the York County Jail have tested positive for
the virus, Long said. Of those, 46 are inmates, 19 work at the jail and
seven are household members of those jail employees.
The jail is more than 220 miles away from where the reception was held.
Maine CDC has been investigating the outbreak at the jail since August 21.
The outbreak at Maplecrest Rehabilitation and Living Center in Madison,
which is more than 100 miles from the wedding venue, has also grown,
according to Maine CDC.
An employee of the nursing home is a secondary case associated with the
wedding outbreak. Sixteen people at Maplecrest have tested positive,
including that person.
"What we are dealing with is a giant tube of glitter. You open a tube of
glitter in your basement then two weeks later you are in the attic and all
you find is glitter and have no idea how it got there," Maine CDC Director,
Dr. Nirav Shah said on August 25.
"That's what Covid-19 is like. You open up glitter in Millinocket and next
thing you know you are finding traces of it at a jail complex in York County
. It's just emblematic of how quickly, silently and efficiently it can
spread."
Wedding venue cited
The wedding guests attended a reception at Big Moose Inn, according to the
Maine CDC. The Big Moose Inn is a 37-acre property that includes a
restaurant, cabins and campgrounds near Baxter State Park. The inn has
hosted weddings since the 1970s and can accommodate 100 guests in their
Fredericka's Restaurant, according to their website.
Shah said last week they are investigating other points of connection with
the group including the ceremony that was held at Tri Town Baptist Church.
The Maine CDC said the wedding reception had approximately 65 guests, which
is a violation of the state's requirements for large gatherings that is
currently capped at 50 people for indoor events. Thursday, Maine CDC said it
delivered an imminent health hazard citation to the owners of Big Moose Inn
for this violation.
CNN reached out to Big Moose Inn for comment and did not receive a response. |
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