Health measures to travellers and cruise ships in response to COVID-19

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, 22, Papakyriazi street, Larisa, Greece.
² Hamburg Port Health Center, Hamburg, Germany.

Comment

Varvara A Mouchtouri et al. J Travel Med. 2020.

. 2020 May 18;27(3):taaa043.

doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa043.

¹ Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, 22, Papakyriazi street, Larisa, Greece.
² Hamburg Port Health Center, Hamburg, Germany.

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COVID-19 outbreak on the Diamond Princess cruise ship: estimating the epidemic potential and effectiveness of public health countermeasures.
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