Author: Billy Quilty; Sam Clifford; Stefan Flasche; Rosalind M Eggo
Title: Effectiveness of airport screening at detecting travellers infected with 2019-nCoV Document date: 2020_2_2
ID: 2wshgzjk_22
Snippet: In many international airports, information is provided to travellers from affected regions advising recommended action if they develop symptoms on or after arrival [11] [12] [13] [14] . While this is likely to be an effective strategy, we find that airport screening for initial symptoms, via thermal scanners or similar, on either exit or entry is unlikely to detect a sufficient proportion of 2019-nCoV infected travellers in order to avoid entry .....
Document: In many international airports, information is provided to travellers from affected regions advising recommended action if they develop symptoms on or after arrival [11] [12] [13] [14] . While this is likely to be an effective strategy, we find that airport screening for initial symptoms, via thermal scanners or similar, on either exit or entry is unlikely to detect a sufficient proportion of 2019-nCoV infected travellers in order to avoid entry of infected travellers and therefore the potential for seeding of local transmission.
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