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. 2021 Mar 25;2021(3):CD013717. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013717.pub2

Chen T 2020.

Study characteristics
Study design Mathematical modelling study
  • Description: modified deterministic SEIR model

Disease COVID‐19
Travel‐related control measure(s) Quarantine of travellers and entry restrictions
  • Quarantine of travellers crossing national borders

  • Entry restrictions at national borders for different intensity of restriction

    • Target group: all inbound passengers and symptomatic travellers only


Date of implementation: 13 March 2020: new visitors from Italy, France, Germany and Spain were not allowed entry into Singapore; 23 March 2020: all short‐term visitors were prohibited from entering or transition through Singapore
Country implementing the measure(s) Country protected by the measure: China, Singapore
Countries restricted by the measure: all other countries
Outcome(s) Cases avoided due to the measure 
  • Outcome 1: number of cases in community

  • Outcome 2: number of imported cases

    • Follow‐up: 21 May 2020

Notes COI: “We declare no competing interests”
Funding: “None.”