The chances of contagion in flight are reduced toún más when passengers are tested before flying. Delta press photo
let's go for the 18 months since the pandemic beganó and despite the custom that mustíwe love to have in the use of masks, distancing and others, the general relaxation begins to take.
Despite this, the industry toérea maintains the strict measures of biosecurity throughout the flight process, where along with the travel and income requirements of the different países of the world, maintain security in the más alto, including máI'm sure many other daily activities we do.
Chances of contagion are reduced in flight
Although some paírequirements have already begun to be completely eliminated, where not even present one negative PCR test o carné of vaccinationóno longer necessary, A new study conducted by the Georgia Department of Health and the Mayo Clinic shows that having a test 72 hours before flight reduces toún más the míminimal possibilities of contagion.
The study where I participatedó Delta Air Lines, published by Mayo Clinic Proceedings showó that a single molecular test of COVID-19 carried out within 72 hours upon departure you caníto reduce the rate of actively infected people on board an aircraftón commercial at a level that isá significantly below infection ratesóactive community.
For instance, When the average infection rateón of the community was 1.1 percent, or about one in each 100 people, infection ratesón on flights with COVID-19 were 0.05 percent or 5 decade 10,000 passengers.
The risk of trips toéprisoners wasíthe assistantún case and vaccination ratesón at the origin and destination, the use of face masks and other factors, but the data collected from this study shows that requesting a úonly molecular test within the 72 hours before international travel for unvaccinated people significantly mitigates the risk of exposureón y transmissionón of COVID-19 during air travelón.
The study beganó in december 2020 with the transatl programáCOVID-19 testing facility that allowedó entry without quarantine to Italy and allowedó teams to review and model various testing strategies to determine feasibility, false positive rates and detection ratesónumber of cases.
Now, The results of this study areán available:
- Between the 9,853 potential passengers who were tested in the USA, 4 (0.04%) individuals tested positive in both the r testáant dogígeno as in the confirmatory molecular test.
- During the perístudy ear, the prevalence rate of infectionóaverage community n is estimatedó on 1,1%.
- The tests carried out on arrival in Italy identified 1 additional infected individual (0,01%).
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