The risk of contracting COVID-19 while traveling, if all passengers test negative 72 hours before the flight, is less than 0,1 percent. This is the result of a so far unique study in which customer data on the CoV-tested flight corridors were examined by the airline between New York-JFK, Atlanta and the Italian airport Rome Fiumicino.

The one in the trade journal Mayo Clinic Procedures published study shows that a single COVID-19 PCR test performed within 72 hours of flight departure can reduce the rate of actively infected people on board a commercial aircraft to levels well below the population's active infection rates lies. For example, while the average infection rate in the population was 1,1 percent, it was 19 percent on flights tested for COVID-0,05.

“We will live with COVID-19 variants for some time to come. This real data - rather than simulation models - can be used by governments around the world as a model for demanding vaccinations and testing instead of quarantines in order to reopen borders to international travel, "said Henry Ting, Delta Chief Health Officer.