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. 2021 Dec 25;19(1):220. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010220

Table A4.

Small outbreaks investigated by the Robert Koch Institute or local health authorities.

Club Meeting School Berlin 1 School Berlin 2 Meeting Germany School Hamburg 1 School Hamburg 2 School Hamburg 3 School Hamburg 4
Source/s [86] [86] [86] [86] [87] [87] [87] [87]
Air change rate in 1/h 0.20 8.3 10 1.2 1.9 3.3 3.2 3.2
0 ± 50% 0 ± 50% 0 ± 50% 0 ± 50% 0 ± 50% 0 ± 50% 0 ± 50% 0 ± 50%
Room volume in m3 254 180 150 170 154 157 157 157
++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5%
Number of previously infected persons 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5%
Number of susceptible persons 25 27 20 11 28 24 24 27
Main activity Speaking Speaking Speaking Speaking Speaking Speaking Speaking Speaking
Breathing volume flow (Qb,e and Qb,in) in m3/h 0.54 0.45 0.45 0.54 0.54/0.45 * 0.54/0.45 * 0.54/0.45 * 0.54/0.45 *
+ ±20% + ±20% + ±20% + ±20% + ±20% + ±20% + ±20% + ±20%
Mask efficiency in % 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.7 0.7
- - - - - - + ±20% + ±20%
Time of stay in h 1.5 4.5 1.5 2 3 1.5 1.5 0.75
++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5%
Attack rate in % 58 10 6 17 57 33 13 4
++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5% ++ ±5%

Grey background color—Evaluation of the security of the boundary conditions ++ quite secure, + somewhat insecure, 0 unknown/insecure, assumed level of deviation. * Exhalation/inhalation breathing volume flow.