Indian super-spreaders have driven rapid rise in coronavirus cases, researchers say

Coronavirus super-spreaders were behind the explosion of Covid-19 in India, the country with the most cases after the US, researchers said.A group of patients that included about 8 per cent of India’s confirmed cases later led to almost two-thirds of its total infections, scientists said on Wednesday in a study published in the journal Science. The research, based on tracing more than 3 million contacts in the southern states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu through August 1, is the first major…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3103777/indian-super-spreaders-have-driven-rapid-rise-coronavirus