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The chances of contagion in flight are further reduced when passengers are tested before they fly. Delta press photo
let's go for the 18 months since the pandemic began and despite the habit that we should have in the use of masks, distancing and others, the general relaxation begins to take.
Despite this, the airline industry maintains the strict measures of biosecurity throughout the flight process, where along with the travel and income requirements from different countries of the world, keep security at the top, even safer than many other daily activities we do.
Chances of contagion are reduced in flight
Although some countries have already begun to eliminate the requirements altogether, where not even present one negative PCR test or vaccination card is no longer necessary, A new study conducted by the Georgia Department of Health and the Mayo Clinic shows that having a test 72 hours before the flight further reduces the minimal chances of contagion.
The study where he participated Delta Air Lines, published by Mayo Clinic Proceedings showed that a single molecular test of COVID-19 carried out within 72 hours to departure could decrease the rate of actively infected people on board a commercial aircraft to a level that is significantly below active community infection rates.
For instance, when the average community infection rate was 1.1 percent, or about one in each 100 people, infection rates on flights with COVID-19 were 0.05 percent or 5 decade 10,000 passengers.
The risk of air travel varies according to case and vaccination rates at origin and destination, the use of face masks and other factors, but the data collected from this study show that requesting a single molecular test within the 72 hours prior to international travel for unvaccinated individuals significantly mitigates the risk of exposure and transmission of COVID-19 during air travel.
The study began in December 2020 with the transatlantic COVID-19 testing program that allowed entry without quarantine to Italy and allowed teams to review and model various test strategies to determine feasibility, false positive rates and case detection rates.
Now, the results of this study are available:
- Between the 9,853 potential passengers who were tested in the USA, 4 (0.04%) individuals tested positive on both the rapid antigen test and the confirmatory molecular test.
- During the study period, the average community infection prevalence rate was estimated at 1,1%.
- The tests carried out on arrival in Italy identified 1 additional infected individual (0,01%).
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