Detection of imported COVID-19 cases worldwide: early assessment of airport entry screening, 24 January until 17 February 2020

Table 2 Imported cases of COVID-19 detected at airports and in the community worldwide (N = 362)

Region	Country	Number of cases (primary and secondary) according to the detection setting			Unknown	Total imported cases
Region	Country	Airport entry screening	Health care system	Quarantine of possibly exposed incoming travelers	Unknown	Total imported cases
Western Pacific	Japan	0	28	8	23	59
	Singapore	5	58	4	10	77
	Malaysia	5	15	2	-	22
	Vietnam	0	4	0	12	16
	Taiwan	6	14	0	-	20
	Cambodia^a	N/A	1	0	-	1
	Philippines	0	3	0	-	3
	Australia	0	15	0	-	15
	South Korea	4	23	1	2	30
South East Asia	Sri Lanka^a	N/A	1	0	-	1
	Nepal^a	N/A	1	0	-	1
	India	3	0	0	-	3
	Thailand	7	13	2	12	34
Americas	Canada	0	8	0	-	8
Americas	USA	0	8	3	4	15
Eastern Mediterranean	United Arabic Emirates	1	4	0	4	9
Eastern Mediterranean	Egypt	1	0	0	-	1
European	France	0	12	0	-	12
	Germany^b	N/A	14	2	-	16
	UK	6	3	0	-	9
	Italy	0	2	1	-	3
	Russian Federation	2	0	0	-	2
	Belgium^b	N/A	0	1	-	1
	Finland^b	N/A	1	0	-	1
	Spain^b	N/A	2	0	-	2
	Sweden^b	N/A	1	0	-	1
Total number of cases in countries implementing entry screening at the time the cases were detected, N = 271^C (%)		40 (14.8)	210 (77.5)	21 (7.7)	N/A	N/A
Total, N = 362 (%)		40 (11)	231 (63.8)	24 (6.7)	67 (18.5)	362 (100)

^aCountry that initiated entry screening at airports after identifying the first imported case
^bCountry that did not implement entry screening at airports
^cTotal number of cases with known detection location in countries that implemented entry screening at the time the cases were detected

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