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Table 1 Summary of the returning travelers in quarantine with percent of positive SARS-CoV-2 test

From: Quarantining arriving travelers in the era of COVID-19: balancing the risk and benefits a learning experience from Bahrain

Study Period

Days of Quarantine

Number of travelers

SARS-CoV-2 positive on arrivals

SARS-CoV-2 positive during the quarantine period

SARS-CoV-2 positive due to local transmission

May 15–June 30, 2020

14

10,784

335 (3.1%)

63 (0.6%)

276 (2.6%)

July 1–August 16, 2020

10

15,070

178 (1.2%)

28 (0.2%)

312 (2.1%)

  1. With the 14 days quarantine, 2.6% were infected after the quarantine period and 0.6% within the quarantine period. With the 10-day quarantine, 2.1% were infected after the quarantine period and 0.2% within the quarantine period. There was no difference in these two quarantine strategies employed for the travelers
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Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines

ISSN: 2055-0936

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