The risk of catching the corona virus from a family member where you live is just 17%, with only one in three people passing it on to their partner, the study results
- The researchers analyzed 54 studies with 77,000 participants
- Overall, 16.6% of people infected with COVID-19 transmit the disease to their family members.
- The secondary attack rate was 18% in those with symptoms of the virus, but only 0.7% in asymptomatic patients.
- One-third or more than 37.8% of corona virus patients are infected with their spouse
The risk of catching a corona virus novel from a family member is less than one-fifth, according to a new study.
In a meta-analysis, the researchers found that just 16.6 percent of all people with COVID-19 passed it on to their family members.
More than one in three people transmit the virus to their spouses.
Furthermore, when the infected person had no symptoms such as cough, fever or shortness of breath, the prevalence rate was just 0.7 percent.
Tom, from the University of Florida, says people with suspicious or confirmed cases should be considered for isolation at home, so people should consider wearing masks around family members with the virus.
The researchers analyzed 54 studies with 77,000 participants. Image: December 12, Cindy Tahuiko (right) manages a Govt-19 test at a walking test site on Miami Beach, Florida.
Overall, 16.6% of those infected with COVID-19 transmitted the disease to their household members (above).
For analysis published at the Jama Network Open, the group reported 54 related studies with a secondary secondary exchange of 77,000 participants.
The researchers looked at a number of factors, including adult or child contact, the number of contacts, and whether or not the sick person is symptomatic.
Results show that 16.6 percent of patients with the corona virus spread the disease to their household members.
If a person has traditional symptoms such as cough, fever and shortness of breath, 18 percent of them spread to household members.
However, if the affected person is asymptomatic, they spread it to just 0.7 percent of household contacts.
Compared to 16.8 percent, 28.3 percent of adults are more likely to control the disease than their family members.
In addition, one in three – 37.8 percent – were able to transmit the virus to their husbands or wives.
This was higher than the 17.8 transfer rate compared to other family contacts such as children, grandparents, aunts and uncles.
‘Spouses are at higher risk than other family contacts, which explains why the secondary attack rate in the home was higher [one] Against [three[ or greater contacts,’ the authors wrote.
While lower than other diseases such as the flu, the attack rate was also higher than the secondary attack rates for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), cousins of the new virus.
Household secondary transmission was found to be 7.5 percent for SARS and 4.7 percent for MERS.
‘Households are favorable environments for transmission,’ the authors wrote.
‘They are what are known as 3Cs environments, as they are closed spaces, where family members may crowd and be in close contact with conversation.’
The researchers also added that household members are unlikely to wear personal protective equipment, such as masks and gloves, around each other.
They recommend that prevention strategies such as increased mask-wearing at home or isolating at a different facility – for those who are sick with the virus – should be ‘further explored.’