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\"NewsBy Dennis Thompson<\/b>
HealthDay Reporter<\/i><\/p>\n

THURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News)<\/p>\n

A single pick-up hockey game in Tampa Bay in June wound<\/a> up becoming a COVID-19<\/a> superspreader event, with one player infecting as many as 15 other people on the ice, Florida public health officials report.<\/p>\n

The June 16 hockey game involved 22 men between the ages of 19 and 53, according to a report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Players did not wear cloth face masks during the game or in the locker room afterward, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Within five days, 14 of the 22 players, as well as an ice rink staffer, fell ill with symptoms related to COVID-19<\/a>, health officials said.<\/p>\n

Eventually, 13 of the 15 tested positive for COVID-19<\/a>, including the man who brought the SARS<\/a>-CoV-2 virus to the hockey rink, the report said. The other two sick people were not tested for COVID.<\/p>\n

“This outbreak illustrates what can happen in answering where people are indoors, in close proximity, not wearing face coverings, and engaging in an activity that involves strenuous exercise<\/a> which can increase droplet spread,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in Baltimore. “It’s important that those who participate in activities such as this take common-sense precautions.”<\/p>\n

The Florida Department of Health started hearing<\/a> about the hockey game and its aftermath on June 19, when officials received word that one player had developed a fever<\/a>, cough<\/a>, sore throat<\/a> and headache<\/a> the day after the game.<\/p>\n

That man tested positive for COVID-19<\/a>, and Florida public health workers started contact tracing to determine to whom he had passed the virus during the pick-up hockey match.<\/p>\n

“Although more than one player might have been infectious during the game, it is hypothesized that the index patient was the source of SARS<\/a>-CoV-2 transmission for the other players while he was pre-symptomatic,” the report says.<\/p>\n

Health officials noted that the two teams playing that day spent a full hour on the ice, as well as 20 minutes in the locker room before and after the game.<\/p>\n

Even the players riding the bench likely were exposed to the coronavirus by players entering and leaving the game, the officials noted.<\/p>\n

“Ice hockey involves vigorous physical exertion accompanied by deep, heavy respiration<\/a>, and during the game players frequently move from the ice surface to the bench while still breathing<\/a> heavily,” the report says.<\/p>\n

The case was detailed in the CDC’s Oct. 16 issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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\n SOURCES: Amesh Adalja, MD, senior scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Baltimore; Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report<\/i>, Oct. 16, 2020 \n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n