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

Dickens 2020.

Study characteristics
Study design Mathematical modelling study 
  • Description: mathematical model using empirical distributions of transmission parameters to simulate travellers from various countries

    • Measures are assessed through the number of simulated passengers meeting certain conditions

Disease COVID‐19
Travel‐related control measure(s) Test‐based screening at national borders, quarantine of travellers and entry restrictions
  • Entry screening procedures:  entry testing of all incoming travellers

  • Quarantine procedures: quarantine of different lengths

  • Entry restrictions: prohibiting entry for those testing positive


Date of implementation: 23 July 2020
Country implementing the measure(s) Country protected by the measure: n.r.
Country restricted by the measure: n.r.
Outcome(s) Cases avoided due to the measure
  • Outcome 1: number of imported cases

  • Outcome 2: number of cases in community

    • Follow‐up: n.r.

Notes COI: “None declared.”
Funding: “The work was supported by funding from Singapore’s National Medical Research Council through grants COVID19RF‐004 and NMRC/CG/C026/2017_NUHS.”