COVID-19 travel restrictions and the International Health Regulations - Call for an open debate on easing of travel restrictions

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¹ Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark, and Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Healyh, Muscat, Oman, and European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases [ESCMID] Task Force for Emerging Infections, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: eskild.petersen@gmail.com.
² Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: BMcCloskey@chathamhouse.org.
³ Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: dschui@cuhk.edu.hk.
⁴ The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Electronic address: rkock@rvc.ac.uk.
⁵ Université Marien Gouabi, Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Brazzaville, Congo; University of Tübingen, Germany. Electronic address: fntoumi@fcrm-congo.com.
⁶ Research Centre, King Saud Medical City, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: zmemish@yahoo.com.
⁷ National Public health Institute, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia. Electronic address: nkapata@gmail.com.
⁸ King Fahd Medical Research Center [KFMRC], Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: eazhar@kau.edu.sa.
⁹ International Society for Infectious Diseases, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: pollackmp@mindspring.com.
¹⁰ International Society for Infectious Diseases, Boston, MA, USA; University of Massachusetts, Division of Infectious Diseases, Worcester, MA, USA.
¹¹ Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: dhamer@bu.edu.
¹² Department of Medicine and Center for Infectious Diseases, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Departments of Epidemiology and International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: jnacheg1@jhu.edu.
¹³ National Medical Research Center of Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases, Moscow, Russia; Rostov State Medical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
¹⁴ Center for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: a.i.zumla@gmail.com.

PMID: 32305518
PMCID: PMC7162781
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.029

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COVID-19 travel restrictions and the International Health Regulations - Call for an open debate on easing of travel restrictions

Eskild Petersen et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2020 May.

. 2020 May:94:88-90.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.029. Epub 2020 Apr 17.

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¹ Institute for Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark, and Directorate General for Disease Surveillance and Control, Ministry of Healyh, Muscat, Oman, and European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases [ESCMID] Task Force for Emerging Infections, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: eskild.petersen@gmail.com.
² Centre on Global Health Security, Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: BMcCloskey@chathamhouse.org.
³ Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. Electronic address: dschui@cuhk.edu.hk.
⁴ The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Electronic address: rkock@rvc.ac.uk.
⁵ Université Marien Gouabi, Fondation Congolaise pour la Recherche Médicale, Brazzaville, Congo; University of Tübingen, Germany. Electronic address: fntoumi@fcrm-congo.com.
⁶ Research Centre, King Saud Medical City, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: zmemish@yahoo.com.
⁷ National Public health Institute, Ministry of Health, Lusaka, Zambia. Electronic address: nkapata@gmail.com.
⁸ King Fahd Medical Research Center [KFMRC], Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: eazhar@kau.edu.sa.
⁹ International Society for Infectious Diseases, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: pollackmp@mindspring.com.
¹⁰ International Society for Infectious Diseases, Boston, MA, USA; University of Massachusetts, Division of Infectious Diseases, Worcester, MA, USA.
¹¹ Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Section of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: dhamer@bu.edu.
¹² Department of Medicine and Center for Infectious Diseases, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa; University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Departments of Epidemiology and International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: jnacheg1@jhu.edu.
¹³ National Medical Research Center of Phthisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases, Moscow, Russia; Rostov State Medical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
¹⁴ Center for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: a.i.zumla@gmail.com.

PMID: 32305518
PMCID: PMC7162781
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.029

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