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

Steyn 2020.

Study characteristics
Study design Mathematical modelling study
  • Description: continuous‐time branching process to mode.

    • Mathematical model to describe the status of disease (e.g. time since infection, symptomatic‐status) within a simulated population

Disease COVID‐19
Travel‐related control measure(s) Screening at national borders and quarantine of travellers
  • Screening procedures: exit and entry testing of all travellers without quarantine 

  • Quarantine: quarantine of all arriving travellers with or without testing: 5‐day quarantine with one test on day 3; 14‐day quarantine with no scheduled testing; 14‐day quarantine with two tests on days 3 and 12


Date of implementation: n.r.
Country implementing the measure(s) Country protected by the measure: New Zealand
Country restricted by the measure: n.r.
Outcome(s) Cases avoided due to the measure
  • Outcome 1: probability of infected case released into community

    • Follow‐up: n.r.

Notes COI: n.r.
Funding: “This work was funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and Te Pūnaha Matatini, Centre of Research Excellence in Complex Systems.”