Eurosurveillance | Nosocomial outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant in a highly vaccinated population, Israel, July 2021

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• Pnina Shitrit1,2,* , Neta S Zuckerman3,* , Orna Mor3,4 , Bat-Sheva Gottesman2,5 , Michal Chowers2,5

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  Affiliations: 1 Infection Control Unit, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel 2 Sackler Medical School, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv Israel 3 Central Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel 4 Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel 5 Infectious Disease Unit, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel

  * These authors contributed equally to the article and share first authorship.

  Correspondence:  Michal Chowers

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A nosocomial outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant infected 42 patients, staff and family members; 39 were fully vaccinated. The attack rate was 10.6% (16/151) among exposed staff and reached 23.7% (23/97) among exposed patients in a highly vaccinated population, 16–26 weeks after vaccination (median: 25 weeks). All cases were linked and traced to one patient. Several transmissions occurred between individuals wearing face masks. Fourteen of 23 patients became severely sick or died, raising a question about possible waning immunity.

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