SARS-CoV-2 detection among international air travellers to Ghana during mandatory quarantine
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Date
2021
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Ghana Med J
Abstract
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 detection among international travellers to Ghana during
mandatory quarantine.
Design: A retrospective cross-sectional study.
Setting: Air travellers to Ghana on 21st and 22nd March 2020.
Participants: On 21st and 22nd March 2020, a total of 1,030 returning international travellers were mandatorily quar antined in 15 different hotels in Accra and tested for SARS-CoV-2. All of these persons were included in the study.
Main outcome measure: Positivity for SARS-CoV-2 by polymerase chain reaction.
Results: The initial testing at the beginning of quarantine found 79 (7.7%) individuals to be positive for SARS-CoV 2. In the exit screening after 12 to 13 days of quarantine, it was discovered that 26 of those who tested negative for
SARS-CoV-2 in the initial screening subsequently tested positive.
Conclusions: Ghana likely averted an early community spread of COVID-19 through the proactive approach to quarantine international travellers during the early phase of the pandemic
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Research Article
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COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, mandatory quarantine, Ghana, international travellers, testing