Omicron appears to have infected two fully vaccinated men who were staying in separate rooms in a Hong Kong quarantine hotel."Airborne transmission across the corridor is the most probable mode of transmission," they wrote.of the coronavirus appears to have spread between two fully vaccinated people who were staying in separate rooms across the hall from each other in a Hong Kong quarantine hotel, researchers say.
"On arrival at the Hong Kong airport, both case-patients stayed in the same quarantine hotel and had rooms across the corridor from each other on the same floor," according to the research letter. "Airborne transmission across the corridor is the most probable mode of transmission," the researchers wrote, adding that such a spread could hint the virus is more infectious., an aerosol scientist and Harvard University faculty member, told Insider it's possible that the exhaled virus from the South African traveler could have slipped under the door and into the room of the person across the hall.
Edwards told Insider that the ventilation in the hotel, along with the humidity and temperature in the corridor and the two rooms, could have affected viral transmission between the two men.
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