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Effectiveness of airport screening at detecting travellers infected with novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
We evaluated effectiveness of thermal passenger screening for 2019-nCoV infection at airport exit and entry to inform public health decision-making. In our baseline scenario, we estimated that 46% (95% confidence interval: 36 to 58) of infected travellers would not be detected, depending on incubation period, sensitivity of exit and entry screening, and proportion of asymptomatic cases. Airport screening is unlikely to detect a sufficient proportion of 2019-nCoV infected travellers to avoid entry of infected travellers.
https://www.eurosurveillance.org/con...stract_content
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Effectiveness of airport screening at detecting travellers infected with novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
- Billy J Quilty[SUP]1[/SUP], Sam Clifford[SUP]1[/SUP], CMMID nCoV working group[SUP]2[/SUP], Stefan Flasche[SUP]1,3[/SUP], Rosalind M Eggo[SUP]1,3[/SUP]
We evaluated effectiveness of thermal passenger screening for 2019-nCoV infection at airport exit and entry to inform public health decision-making. In our baseline scenario, we estimated that 46% (95% confidence interval: 36 to 58) of infected travellers would not be detected, depending on incubation period, sensitivity of exit and entry screening, and proportion of asymptomatic cases. Airport screening is unlikely to detect a sufficient proportion of 2019-nCoV infected travellers to avoid entry of infected travellers.
https://www.eurosurveillance.org/con...stract_content