The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it is expanding infectious disease surveillance program at four major airports.The CDC is looking
PORTLAND, OR - NOVEMBER 25: Alaska Airlines passenger Matthew McGuire receives a COVID-19 rapid test after his flight landed at Portland International Airport on November 25, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Millions of Americans traveled by plane ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, despite the CDC recommending families stay home. at four major airports.Testing will happen at Boston Logan International Airport, San Francisco International Airport, Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C.
Samples are shipped to a laboratory network for SARS-CoV-2 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction testing.Select TGS samples are shared with CDC’s laboratory where they undergo viral characterization which can provide information about a new variant’s transmissibility, virulence, and response to current treatments or vaccines.
Wastewater is also collected and examined. The CDC's airplane wastewater program is currently expanding from a pilot phase to broader implementation.Wastewater samples are shipped to the laboratory for RT-PCR testing.The traveler surveillance program started in September 2021 to detect new variants.
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