Effectiveness of airport screening at detecting travellers infected with novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
Billy J Quilty ;
Sam Clifford ;
CMMID nCoV working group2;
Stefan Flasche ;
Rosalind M Eggo ;
(2020)
Effectiveness of airport screening at detecting travellers infected with novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
Eurosurveillance, 25 (5).
pp. 4-9.
ISSN 1560-7917
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.5.2000080
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.
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