Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

September 25, 2020

Quantifying the impact of quarantine duration on COVID-19 transmission

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  • [Pre-print, not peer reviewed] In a modeling study, quarantining an infected traced contact for 10 days was estimated to prevent 75-99% of their onward transmission. In the scenario of a contact being infected on a return flight, a 10 day quarantine was estimated to prevent 99% of onward transmission.

Ashcroft et al. (Sept 25, 2020).  Quantifying the impact of quarantine duration on COVID-19 transmission.  Pre-print downloaded Sept 25 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.24.20201061