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. 2021 Oct 8:taab163. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taab163

SARS-CoV-2 infection rates in arriving air Travelers in Qatar

Adeel A Butt 1,2,#,, Anas M Al-Halabi 3,#, Hafedh Ghazouani 4, Mohamed Ben Haj Rhouma 5, Houssein H Ayoub 6, Naseer A Masoodi 7, Abdelsalam M Borham 8, Ahmed A Hommos 9, Roberto Bertollini 10, Hiam Chemaitelly 11, Laith J Abu Raddad 12, Abdul-Badi Abou-Samra 13,14
PMCID: PMC8524449  PMID: 34622294

Abstract

Among 352 174 airline travelers entering Qatar, 8236 (2.34%) tested positive on or within the first seven days of arrival, with 3789 (1.08%) testing positive at the time of arrival and the remaining 4447 (1.26%) testing negative at arrival but positive 1 week later.

Keywords: Qatar, Quarantine, Returning travelers, Travel, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2


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