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contact was observed in many reports. Second, paents with ARD de'ned as laboratory-con'rmed
COVID-19 cases had respiratory symptoms; however, chest computed tomography (CT) did not
reveal signs of pneumonia. Third, paents with pneumonia de'ned as COVID-19 cases had both
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