Lack of COVID-19 transmission on an international flight

Affiliations

¹ Infectious disease physician, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
² Public health physician, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
³ Associate medical officer of health, Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Ont.
⁴ Infectious disease physician, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
⁵ Associate medical officer of health, York Region Public Health, Newmarket, Ont.
⁶ Associate medical officer of health, Region of Peel Public Health, Mississauga, Ont.
⁷ Medical officer of health, Halton Region Health Department, Oakville, Ont.
⁸ Communicable diseases specialist, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
⁹ Chief, Medical Microbiology, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
¹⁰ Associate chief medical officer of health, Ontario Ministry of Health, Toronto, Ont.

Comment

Kevin L Schwartz et al. CMAJ. 2020.

. 2020 Apr 14;192(15):E410.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.75015.

¹ Infectious disease physician, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
² Public health physician, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
³ Associate medical officer of health, Toronto Public Health, Toronto, Ont.
⁴ Infectious disease physician, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Ont.
⁵ Associate medical officer of health, York Region Public Health, Newmarket, Ont.
⁶ Associate medical officer of health, Region of Peel Public Health, Mississauga, Ont.
⁷ Medical officer of health, Halton Region Health Department, Oakville, Ont.
⁸ Communicable diseases specialist, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
⁹ Chief, Medical Microbiology, Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ont.
¹⁰ Associate chief medical officer of health, Ontario Ministry of Health, Toronto, Ont.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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