Risk stratification and assessment framework for international travel and border measures amidst the COVID-19 pandemic – A Malaysian perspective

• Published in: Travel medicine and infectious disease Vol. 47; p. 102318
• Main Authors: Omar, Khairul, Baha Raja, Dhesi, Abdul Taib, Nur Asheila, Rajaram, Nadia, Ahmed, Jinat, Arvinder-Singh, H.S., Mokhtar, Siti Aisah, Teo, Alvin Kuo Jing, Amir, Lidwina Edwin, Chan, Michelle, Quek, Yee Theng, Ting, Choo-Yee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2022; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adaptive immunity; Best practices; Biosecurity; Border stations; Boundaries; Coronaviruses; Country risk stratification; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 vaccines; Disease control; Disease transmission; Fatalities; Health surveillance; Humans; Infectious diseases; International travel; International travel reopening; Malaysia; Pandemics; Pandemics - prevention & control; Political risk; Population; Public health; Reproducibility of Results; Risk Assessment; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Stratification; Travel; Travel medicine; Trends; Vaccination; Vaccines; Weighted score; Malaysia; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Malaysia; International travel reopening; Country risk stratification; Weighted score

Guided by the best practices adapted from national and international bodies including the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the UK Joint Biosecurity Centre (JBC), this paper aims to develop and provide an empirical risk stratification and assessment framewor...