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ArticleCanada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada2022

Multijurisdictional outbreak of COVID-19 associated with a wake/funeral event in a northern Saskatchewan First Nations community.

Nnamdi Ndubuka, Sabyasachi Gupta, Rim Zayed, Brian Quinn, Moliehi Khaketla, Elaine Chan, Kristyn Franklin, Erin McGill

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Nnamdi NdubukaNorthern Inter-Tribal Health Authority Inc., Prince Albert, SK.
Sabyasachi GuptaNorthern Inter-Tribal Health Authority Inc., Prince Albert, SK.
Rim ZayedSaskatchewan Health Authority, La Ronge, SK.
Brian QuinnSaskatchewan Health Authority, La Ronge, SK.
Moliehi KhaketlaSaskatchewan Health Authority, La Ronge, SK.
Elaine ChanAlberta Health (Public Health Officer placement), Edmonton, AB.
Kristyn FranklinPublic Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON.
Erin McGillPublic Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON.

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Abstract

Background: Sixty-eight laboratory-confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (12 in Alberta [AB], 56 in Saskatchewan [SK]) were linked to a gathering at a hospital in Alberta on June 1-4, 2020, and a wake/funeral in a First Nations community in northern Saskatchewan on June 9-11, 2020. Objective: The objectives were to provide a comprehensive description of the epidemiology of the outbreak and describe the chains of transmission to inform the hypothesis that there were multiple introductions of COVID-19 at the wake/funeral. Methods: Case investigation and contact tracing was conducted by local public health in AB and SK. The Public Health Agency of Canada conducted a centralized case analysis. An epidemic curve and a Gantt chart for period of communicability were created to support or refute whether there had been multiple introductions of COVID-19 at the wake/funeral. Results: Illness onset dates ranged from May 31 to July 1, 2020. Ages ranged from 2 to 80 years (median age=43 years). Five cases were hospitalized; there were no deaths. The available case exposure information supports the hypothesis that there had been multiple introductions of COVID-19 at the wake/funeral. Public health authorities in AB and SK declared the outbreak over on July 20, 2020; based on two incubation periods (i.e. 28 days) following the illness onset of the last primary case. Conclusion: During multijurisdictional outbreaks, data sharing, coordination across health authorities and centralized analysis is essential to understanding the events that lead to the outbreak and possible hypotheses around chains of transmission.

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COVID-19funeralIndigenous communitymass gatheringoutbreakSARS-CoV-2

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PMCPMC9017801

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