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Editor, Senior Moderator
Int J Infect Dis
. 2022 Mar 21;S1201-9712(22)00163-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.03.024. Online ahead of print.
Risk of COVID-19 Transmission Aboard Aircraft: An Epidemiological Analysis Based on the National Health Information Platform
Qiangqiang Guo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jianjian Wang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Janne Estill[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Hui Lan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Juanjuan Zhang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shouyuan Wu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jingwen Yao[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Xuanchen Yan[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Yaolong Chen[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Objectives: This study aims to investigate the risk of COVID-19 transmission on aircraft.
Methods: We obtained data on all international flights to Lanzhou, China, from June 1 to August 1, 2020, through the Gansu Province National Health Information Platform and the official website of the Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Statistical analysis was then performed.
Results: Three international flights arrived in Lanzhou. The flights had a total of 700 passengers, of whom 405 (57.9%) were male and 80 (11.4%) were children below age fourteen. Twenty-seven (3.9%) passengers were confirmed to have COVID-19. Confirmed patients were primarily male (17, 65.4%) with a median age of 27.0 years. The majority of confirmed cases were seated in the middle rows of the economy class, or near public facility areas such as restrooms and galleys. The prevalence of COVID-19 did not differ between passengers sitting on window, aisle or middle seats. Compared with passengers sitting on the same row up to two rows behind a confirmed case, passengers seated in the two rows ahead a confirmed case were at a slightly higher risk of being infected.
Conclusions: COVID-19 may be transmitted during a passenger flight, although there is still no direct evidence.
Keywords: Aircraft; Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); National Health Information Platform; Transmission.
. 2022 Mar 21;S1201-9712(22)00163-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.03.024. Online ahead of print.
Risk of COVID-19 Transmission Aboard Aircraft: An Epidemiological Analysis Based on the National Health Information Platform
Qiangqiang Guo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jianjian Wang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Janne Estill[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Hui Lan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Juanjuan Zhang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Shouyuan Wu[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jingwen Yao[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Xuanchen Yan[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Yaolong Chen[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35331931
- DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.03.024
Abstract
Objectives: This study aims to investigate the risk of COVID-19 transmission on aircraft.
Methods: We obtained data on all international flights to Lanzhou, China, from June 1 to August 1, 2020, through the Gansu Province National Health Information Platform and the official website of the Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Statistical analysis was then performed.
Results: Three international flights arrived in Lanzhou. The flights had a total of 700 passengers, of whom 405 (57.9%) were male and 80 (11.4%) were children below age fourteen. Twenty-seven (3.9%) passengers were confirmed to have COVID-19. Confirmed patients were primarily male (17, 65.4%) with a median age of 27.0 years. The majority of confirmed cases were seated in the middle rows of the economy class, or near public facility areas such as restrooms and galleys. The prevalence of COVID-19 did not differ between passengers sitting on window, aisle or middle seats. Compared with passengers sitting on the same row up to two rows behind a confirmed case, passengers seated in the two rows ahead a confirmed case were at a slightly higher risk of being infected.
Conclusions: COVID-19 may be transmitted during a passenger flight, although there is still no direct evidence.
Keywords: Aircraft; Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); National Health Information Platform; Transmission.