Smieja, Marek J
$2,500,000.00 CAD
≈ 32 Canadians' average pay for a year
- Department
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Program
- Research in Priority Areas
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2020-2021
- Agreement period
- October 1, 2020 – March 31, 2021
- Reference
- cihr-irsc:236-2020-2021-Q3-00250
Published purpose
The objectives of this funding opportunity are to: • generate and expand evidence regarding current rates of COVID-19 infection in international airline travelers entering Canada; • further examine the potential public health risk of an infectious passenger landing in Canada and associated compliance; • assess the effectiveness of post-arrival COVID-19 testing in determining risk during the quarantine period; and • examine the costs and potential risks and benefits of expanding an airport-based testing regime across Canada.
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