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Volume 27, Number 3—March 2021
Synopsis

Use of US Public Health Travel Restrictions during COVID-19 Outbreak on Diamond Princess Ship, Japan, February–April 2020

Alexandra M. MedleyComments to Author , Barbara J. Marston, Mitsuru Toda, Miwako Kobayashi, Michelle Weinberg, Leah F. Moriarty, M. Robynne Jungerman, Amethyst Clare A. Surpris, Barbara Knust, Anna M. Acosta, Caitlin E. Shockey, David Daigle, Zachary D. Schneider, Julia Charles, Atsuyoshi Ishizumi, Andrea Stewart, Laura A Vonnahme, Clive Brown, Stefanie White, Nicole J. Cohen, and Marty Cetron1
Author affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table

Characteristics of Diamond Princess passengers and crew who remained in Japan after US repatriation with public health travel restrictions, 2020*

Characteristic SARS-CoV-2 positive, no. (%), n = 69 SARS-CoV-2 negative, no. (%), n = 33 Odds ratio (95% CI) p value
Sex
F 38 (55) 18 (55) Referent None
M
31 (45)
15 (45)
1.02 (0.44–2.37)
0.96
Median age, y (range)
71 (25–92)
63 (3–85)

0.005†
Crew or passenger
Passenger 66 (96) 33 (100) ND ND
Crew
3 (4)
0 (0)
ND
ND
Close contact
Index patient in cabin 42 (63) ND ND ND
Close contact
25 (37)
9 (100)
ND
ND
Room occupancy
1 2 (3) 1 (3) Referent None
2 58 (88) 23 (70) 0.75 (0.06–24.36) 0.84
3 4 (6) 5 (15) 2.22 (0.13–87.42) 0.59
4 2 (3) 4 (12) 3.28 (0.17–144.84) 0.45
Disposition
Entered monitoring 0 33 (100) ND ND
Criteria 1 40 (58) 0 (0) ND ND
Criteria 2 29 (42) 0 (0) ND ND

*Data were compiled for 111 US citizens and residents through April 7, 2020. The following characteristics were missing values: sex (2), age (3), room occupancy (11), SARS-CoV-2 test result (9). ND, no data; SARS-COV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. 
†By Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

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1Authors make up the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 Response Team.

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