Screening travellers at international borders could slow down COVID transmission
Screening at the border could include asking people about their health to find out if they have had any symptoms of COVID-19. It could also involve temperature checks
Governments have almost always faced the predicament of whether they should test people at airports or quarantine travellers who are returning from certain highly-infected destinations. (Source: Pixabay) A review of scientific studies has found that screening people at international airports and at train stations could slow down the spread of the COVID-19 infection ‘slightly’.
According to a report in the Daily Mail, governments have almost always faced the predicament of whether they should test people at airports or quarantine travellers who are returning from certain highly-infected destinations.
The outlet mentions that Britain, for instance, is currently asking travellers to self-isolate for two weeks if they come into the country from someplace that has a high infection rate – currently on the list are France, Spain and Portugal – but there is no testing or screening system in place. And while there is a facility at the Heathrow Airport for testing 13,000 people per day, it is not being used at the moment.
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