July 29, 2020

modelling different quarantine and testing strategies for incoming travellers to the UK

Journalist’s had the chance to hear from some of the authors of a new preprint who have modelled various quarantine and testing scenarios for travellers returning to the UK and how these different strategies may reduce the risk of reintroduction of the virus from abroad.

Speakers included:

Dr Sam Clifford, Postdoctoral Fellow in Machine (Statistical) Learning, Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Prof John Edmunds, Professor in the Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Billy Quilty, Research Assistant, Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

This Briefing was accompanied by an SMC Roundup of Comments.