SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing for departing passengers at Vancouver International Airport | Zendy

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SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen testing for departing passengers at Vancouver International Airport

Author(s) -

Mawath A Qahtani,

Cheng Wei Tony Yang,

Lynda Lazosky,

Xuan Li,

Jonathan D’Cruz,

Marc G. Romney,

Don D. Sin

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of travel medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985

H-Index - 59

eISSN - 1708-8305

pISSN - 1195-1982

DOI - 10.1093/jtm/taab085

Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , air travel , coronavirus , asymptomatic , virology , asymptomatic carrier , pandemic , aviation , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , engineering , aerospace engineering

Here, we show that point-of-care rapid antigen testing for coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is feasible to implement in the departure areas of major airports for same-day travellers and is effective in ruling out possible carriers of severe acute respiratory coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) in asymptomatic air travellers. This strategy may help to reduce the spread of COVID-19 via air travel.

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