October 29, 2020

Optimal COVID-19 Quarantine and Testing Strategies

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Transmission

Keywords (Tags): testing

• [Pre-print, not peer reviewed] A mathematical model found that a 13-day quarantine with testing on entry, a 9-day quarantine with testing on exit, and an 8-day quarantine with testing on entry and exit all provide equivalent or lower probability of post-quarantine transmission compared to a 14-day quarantine with no testing. When limited to a single test, testing on day six or seven was optimal regardless of quarantine length.

Wells et al. (Oct 28, 2020). Optimal COVID-19 Quarantine and Testing Strategies. Pre-print downloaded Oct 29 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.27.20211631