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
Abstract
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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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakAsymptomaticConfidence intervalMedicineCoronavirusPublic healthPandemicBetacoronavirusVirologyEnvironmental healthSurgeryInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineDiseasePathologyOutbreakCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesCOVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research