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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2022 Mar 10;28(5).
doi: 10.3201/eid2805.211757. Online ahead of print.
Mathematical Modeling for Removing Border Entry and Quarantine Requirements for COVID-19, Vanuatu
Caroline van Gemert, Len Tarivonda, Posikai Samuel Tapo, Sereana Natuman, Geoff Clark, Joanne Mariasua, Nick Scott, Adam Craig, Myriam Abel, Matthew J Cornish, Margaret Hellard, Rachel Sacks-Davis
Abstract
The Pacific Island country of Vanuatu is considering strategies to remove border restrictions implemented during 2020 to prevent imported coronavirus disease. We performed mathematical modeling to estimate the number of infectious travelers who had different entry scenarios and testing strategies. Travel bubbles and testing on entry have the greatest importation risk reduction.
Keywords: COVID-19; Vanuatu; border entry; coronavirus disease; importation; mathematical modeling; prevention; quarantine requirements; respiratory infections; travel medicine; zoonoses.
. 2022 Mar 10;28(5).
doi: 10.3201/eid2805.211757. Online ahead of print.
Mathematical Modeling for Removing Border Entry and Quarantine Requirements for COVID-19, Vanuatu
Caroline van Gemert, Len Tarivonda, Posikai Samuel Tapo, Sereana Natuman, Geoff Clark, Joanne Mariasua, Nick Scott, Adam Craig, Myriam Abel, Matthew J Cornish, Margaret Hellard, Rachel Sacks-Davis
- PMID: 35271791
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2805.211757
Abstract
The Pacific Island country of Vanuatu is considering strategies to remove border restrictions implemented during 2020 to prevent imported coronavirus disease. We performed mathematical modeling to estimate the number of infectious travelers who had different entry scenarios and testing strategies. Travel bubbles and testing on entry have the greatest importation risk reduction.
Keywords: COVID-19; Vanuatu; border entry; coronavirus disease; importation; mathematical modeling; prevention; quarantine requirements; respiratory infections; travel medicine; zoonoses.