Cost benefit analysis of alternative testing and quarantine policies for travelers for infection control: A case study of Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Jing Lou (Author), Nigel Wei-Han Lim (Author), Celestine Grace XueTing Cai (Author), Borame Sue Lee Dickens (Author), Vinh Anh Huynh (Author), Hwee-Lin Wee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundBorder control mitigates local infections but bears a heavy economic cost, especially for tourism-reliant countries. While studies have supported the efficacy of border control in suppressing cross-border transmission, the trade-off between costs from imported and secondary cases and from...