High prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in repatriation flights to Greece from three European countries
Open Access
- 1 April 2020
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Travel Medicine
- Vol. 27 (3)
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaa054
Abstract
Passengers on repatriation flights to Greece from the UK, Spain and Turkey were screened with oropharyngeal swabs on arrival for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Despite almost all passengers being asymptomatic, many tested positive (3.6% from UK, 6.3% from Spain and 6.3% from Turkey), indicating widespread transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in these countries.Keywords
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