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. 2022 Jun 29;49:102398. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102398

Table-1.

Examples of SARS-CoV-2 spread through the air travel by travelers.

Sl. No. COVID-19 spread by air travel (name of the countries) Year of spread Remark Reference
1. Wuhan, China to Thailand January 2020 Researchers reported two cases of COVID-19 which was confirmed with genome sequencing and RT-PCR [28]
2. UK to Vietnam March 2020 Transmission and increased infection risk of COVID-19 performed by epidemiological investigations [29]
3. Italy to South Korea March 2020 Asymptomatic transmission of COVID-19 on an aircraft is an inadequate condition [30]
4. China to Greece January 2020 Increased risk of in-flight transmission of COVID-19 causing virus for possibility of airborne spread, transmissibility includes the long incubation period [31]
5. Wuhan, China to Singapore January 2020 The asymptomatic infection that was overlooked by simply symptomatic surveillance, whereas the actual COVID-19 infection might be higher. [32]
6. Israel to Greece March 2020 Probable in-flight transmission of COVID-19 due to the close contact with the index case in Greece [31]
7. Central African Republic to France March 2020 The easiest mode of SARS-CoV-2 transmission by travel together with their human carriers, and spreading of the virus on board [33]
8. Israel to Germany March 2020 From the throat swab sample of passenger the presence of SARS-CoV-2 confirmed by RT-PCR [34]