Term:Close contact
Related terms
COVID-19 is spread through close contact, face masks prevent the transmission of the virus
Normative
Examples
The CDC has developed an antigen testing algorithm for persons who have symptoms of COVID-19, those who are asymptomatic and have a close contact with COVID-19, and those who are asymptomatic and have no known exposure to a person with COVID-19.
Source: https://files.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/guidelines/covid19treatmentguidelines.pdf
Collocations
- to be in close contact (with somebody)
Keyness
- close contact: >1000
Research
Variants and synonyms
- person-to-person contact
- (inter)personal contact
Definition/description
The average interpersonal distance during close contact was 0.81 m.
Source: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/4/1445
Epidemiological evidence shows that 2019-nCoV can be transmitted from person to person among close contacts possibly through respiratory droplets.
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1551741120301182?via%3Dihub
Examples
It is spread by person-to-person contact through respiratory droplets of infected people.
Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11069-015-1628-7
The virus spread to other patients and to medical staff by close personal contact.
Source: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/4/10-1960_article
Collocations
- to avoid close contact
- to trace close contact between people
- to have close contact with sb
- to require close contact
Keyness
- close contact: 328
- person-to-person contact: >1000
- (inter)personal contact: >1000
Press
Examples
Close contacts of coronavirus cases will no longer have to isolate for 14 days under sweeping changes to contract tracing after the NSW lockdown ends.
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/coronavirus-lockdowns/index.html
Vaccinated close contacts of a positive case must get tested and isolate for seven days.
Collocations
- to identify a close contact
- to avoid close contact
Keyness
139
Comments
Examples
My partner was pinged today and told to self isolate for 10 days (despite being double jabbed) as a result of being a close contact of an omicron case.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Keyness
>1000