COVID-19, Australia: Epidemiology Report 5: Reporting week ending 19:00 AEDT 29 February 2020

Williams, Olivia

doi:10.33321/cdi.2020.44.20

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“…The second travel ban affected foreign nationals arriving from Iran and came into effect on 1 st March 2020 15 . Our results indicate that this restriction was less effective than the travel ban on foreign nationals arriving from China.…”

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Should international borders re-open? The impact of travel restrictions on COVID-19 importation risk

Liebig

Najeebullah

Jurdak

et al. 2020

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Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread across the world at an unprecedented pace, reaching over 200 countries and territories in less than three months. In response, many governments denied entry to travellers arriving from various countries affected by the virus. While several industries continue to experience economic losses due to the imposed interventions, it is unclear whether the different travel restrictions were successful in reducing COVID-19 importations. Here we develop a comprehensive framework to model daily COVID-19 importations, considering different travel bans. We quantify the temporal effects of the restrictions and elucidate the relationship between incidence rates in other countries, travel flows and the expected number of importations into the country under investigation. As a cases study, we evaluate the travel bans enforced by the Australian government. We find that international travel bans in Australia lowered COVID-19 importations by 87.68% (83.39 - 91.35) between January and June 2020. The presented framework can further be used to gain insights into how many importations to expect should borders re-open. Authorities may consider the presented information when planning a phased re-opening of international borders.

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confidence: 99%

Should international borders re-open? The impact of travel restrictions on COVID-19 importation risk

Liebig

Najeebullah

Jurdak

et al. 2020

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“…Figure 1 compares the expected number of importations for the two scenarios. The first travel ban that was implemented by the Australian government affected foreign nationals travelling from, and transiting through China within the last 14 days prior to arrival [25]. Figure 1 shows a clear reduction in the expected number of importations after this restriction came into effect on 1 st February 2020, compared to the open border scenario.…”

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Should international borders re-open? The impact of travel restrictions on COVID-19 importation risk

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Background Novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread across the world at an unprecedented pace, reaching over 200 countries and territories in less than three months. In response, many governments denied entry to travellers arriving from various countries affected by the virus. While several industries continue to experience economic losses due to the imposed interventions, it is unclear whether the different travel restrictions were successful in reducing COVID-19 importations. Methods Here we develop a comprehensive probabilistic framework to model daily COVID-19 importations, considering different travel bans. We quantify the temporal effects of the restrictions and elucidate the relationship between incidence rates in other countries, travel flows and the expected number of importations into the country under investigation. Results As a cases study, we evaluate the travel bans enforced by the Australian government. We find that international travel bans in Australia lowered COVID-19 importations by 87.68% (83.39 - 91.35) between January and June 2020. The presented framework can further be used to gain insights into how many importations to expect should borders re-open. Conclusions While travel bans lowered the number of COVID-19 importations overall, the effectiveness of bans on individual countries varies widely and directly depends on the change in behaviour in returning residents and citizens. Authorities may consider the presented information when planning a phased re-opening of international borders.

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“…(5) There is rapid surge of cases since the pandemic has started with 39,279,462 cases and 586,431 deaths globally as on 27/6/2021 (7) The virus spreads from one person to another by droplets or by direct contact, and it could take up to 14 days since the infection by the virus to develop symptoms. (6)(7)(8)(9)(10) Patients and suspected persons should be isolated to protect them and others around them. Because it is a virus, antibiotics are not effective against it, and the first line of treatment is supportive treatment.…”

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“…Because it is a virus, antibiotics are not effective against it, and the first line of treatment is supportive treatment. (6,10) A poor understanding of the disease among healthcare students may implicate in delayed treatment and the rapid spread of infection and development of lifethreatening complications. Hence the study aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitude, practice and stigma of healthcare students about COVID-19.…”

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Comparing knowledge, attitude, practice and stigma associated with SARS- COV-2 Infection among Healthcare students of Bangalore city: A cross sectional study

Brunda

Sujatha

Kurre

2021

Indian J Community Health

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Background: In 2020, a new global pandemic has emerged, caused by a new strain of Corona virus called SARS-CoV-2. A poor understanding of the disease among healthcare students may implicate in delayed treatment and rapid spread of infection and development of complications. Objectives: 1) To estimate the knowledge, attitude, practice and stigma associated with SARS- CoV-2 infection among healthcare students. 2) To estimate the association between socio-demographic determinants with knowledge, attitude, practice and stigma of SARS- CoV-2 infection among healthcare students. Methods: A web-based cross-sectional study was undertaken among 493 healthcare i.e., medical, nursing and allied sciences students, during 1st May to 20th May 2020, using a pre-designed and semi-structured questionnaire. Data was analyzed using Chi square test, t-test, one way Anova and Bonferroni test was used for assessing the association among the study variables. Results: The study revealed that, there were about 225(45.64%) medical, 165(33.46%) nursing and 103(20.89%) allied sciences students. Majority were females 349(70.79%), majority were Hindus 333(67.54%). Mean knowledge score of medical, nursing and allied sciences students were 15.66 (2.518), 14.16 (2.92) and 14.46 (3.11) respectively. Practice score was good among nursing than allied sciences students at ‘p’ (0.003). Conclusion: Even though the overall knowledge was less in our study participants, majority of them had followed good practices for preventing SARS- CoV-2 infection.

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COVID-19, Australia: Epidemiology Report 5: Reporting week ending 19:00 AEDT 29 February 2020

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

Should international borders re-open? The impact of travel restrictions on COVID-19 importation risk

Should international borders re-open? The impact of travel restrictions on COVID-19 importation risk

Should international borders re-open? The impact of travel restrictions on COVID-19 importation risk

Comparing knowledge, attitude, practice and stigma associated with SARS- COV-2 Infection among Healthcare students of Bangalore city: A cross sectional study

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