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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2022 Apr 28;28(7).
doi: 10.3201/eid2807.212466. Online ahead of print.
Genomic Evidence of In-Flight SARS-CoV-2 Transmission, India to Australia, April 2021
Freya Hogarth, Pasqualina Coffey, Laura Goddard, Sarah Lewis, Shereen Labib, Mathilda Wilmot, Patiyan Andersson, Norelle Sherry, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P Howden, Kevin Freeman, Robert Baird, Ian Hosegood, Kathleen McDermott, Nick Walsh, Ben Polkinghorne, Catherine Marshall, Jane Davies, Vicki Krause, Ella M Meumann
Abstract
Epidemiologic and genomic investigation of SARS-CoV-2 infections associated with 2 repatriation flights from India to Australia in April 2021 indicated that 4 passengers transmitted SARS-CoV-2 to >11 other passengers. Results suggest transmission despite mandatory mask use and predeparture testing. For subsequent flights, predeparture quarantine and expanded predeparture testing were implemented.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; Australia; COVID-19; India; SARS-CoV-2; airplane; coronavirus disease; covid-19; epidemiology; genome viral; genomics; in-flight transmission; quarantine; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2022 Apr 28;28(7).
doi: 10.3201/eid2807.212466. Online ahead of print.
Genomic Evidence of In-Flight SARS-CoV-2 Transmission, India to Australia, April 2021
Freya Hogarth, Pasqualina Coffey, Laura Goddard, Sarah Lewis, Shereen Labib, Mathilda Wilmot, Patiyan Andersson, Norelle Sherry, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P Howden, Kevin Freeman, Robert Baird, Ian Hosegood, Kathleen McDermott, Nick Walsh, Ben Polkinghorne, Catherine Marshall, Jane Davies, Vicki Krause, Ella M Meumann
- PMID: 35483111
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2807.212466
Abstract
Epidemiologic and genomic investigation of SARS-CoV-2 infections associated with 2 repatriation flights from India to Australia in April 2021 indicated that 4 passengers transmitted SARS-CoV-2 to >11 other passengers. Results suggest transmission despite mandatory mask use and predeparture testing. For subsequent flights, predeparture quarantine and expanded predeparture testing were implemented.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; Australia; COVID-19; India; SARS-CoV-2; airplane; coronavirus disease; covid-19; epidemiology; genome viral; genomics; in-flight transmission; quarantine; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
