Nearly 10,000 passengers tested negative before flying in this study — here's how many infections got through.
A study conducted earlier this year shows there may be a way to reduce the number of Covid infections on board commercial airplanes to virtually zero.published on Sept. 1 in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings medical journal. The article — a joint effort by Mayo Clinic, the Georgia Department of Public Health and Delta Air Lines — showed that that one polymerase chain reaction test performed within 72 hours of flying decreased the rate of infected travelers onboard to 0.05%.
Data from Delta's preflight testing program provides new information on testing feasibility, testing accuracy and passenger infection rates on commercial flights.Of the 9,853 people who tested negative via the PCR test, four tested positive at the airport via rapid antigen tests. The diagnoses were confirmed via a rapid molecular test, and these people were not allowed to fly.
If you repeated the study now... I think you would see a significant decrease in the rate of infection on board.”Tande said that the findings are based on the Covid-19 strains that were circulating in the United States in the first half of 2021, not the more contagious delta variant that dominates now.
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