Coronavirus: 'Super spreader' 40th birthday party leads to huge spike in infections
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dailystar.co.ukA 40th birthday party has been dubbed “Party Zero” after its 50 guests spread coronavirus across the world after the event.
More than half the people who attended the party now have the coronavirus and have spread the illness across the US and South Africa.
The party took place on March 5 in Westport in Connecticut in the US. Westport is a town of 28,000 people and did not have a single known case of the coronavirus on the day of the party.
By this Monday it had reported 80 cases of the deadly disease, up more than 40-fold in 11 days. According to reports from the Chicago Tribune and New York Times, the guests left after the party, scattering throughout the United States and across the globe.
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