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Coronavirus (COVID-19) References & Scientific Evidence Documents

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CASAG Reports (COVID-19 Aviation Scientific Advisory Group)

  • Omicron Variant Knows, Unknowns and Recommendations
  • Delta Variant Knowns, Unknowns and Recommendations 
  • Duration of Natural Immunity - Narrative Review 
  • Vaccination and its Effect on SARS-CoV2 Onward Transmission - Narrative Review

Scientific Evidence Documents (Doc 10152 References)

  • Manual Section 3.3.4.4. – Studies confirming that a reduced quarantine combined with testing can be as effective as a 14-day quarantine:
      • COVID-19 International Border Surveillance Cohort Study at Toronto’s Pearson Airport
      • Strategies at points of entry to reduce importation risk of COVID-19 cases and reopen travel
      • ‎To Test, Perchance to Diagnose: Practical Strategies for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ‎Coronavirus 2 Testing
      • Reducing travel-related SARS-CoV-2 transmission with layered mitigation measures: symptom ‎monitoring, quarantine, and testing
      • Routine asymptomatic testing strategies for airline travel during the COVID-19 pandemic: a simulation ‎study
      • ‎Quarantine and testing strategies in contact tracing for SARS-CoV-2: a modelling study‎
      • Effect of internationally imported cases on internal spread of COVID-19: a mathematical modelling study
      • Estimating the effect of selective border relaxation on COVID-19 in New Zealand‎
      • Optimal COVID-19 quarantine and testing strategies
      • The differential importation risks of COVID-19 from inbound travellers and the feasibility of targeted ‎travel controls: A case study in Hong Kong
  • Manual Section 3.6.1.5 – Vaccination and its Effect on SARS-CoV2 Onward Transmission: A Narrative Review
      • CASAG Report
  • Manual Section 3.6.1.8 – Evidence from studies on heterologous (‘mix and match���) vaccination
      • Vaccine effectiveness when combining the ChAdOx1 vaccine as the first dose with an mRNA COVID-19 ‎vaccine as the second dose
      • Heterologous vaccine regimens against COVID-19‎
      • Neutralization of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant after heterologous and homologous BNT162b2 or ‎ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination‎

Vaccination Report

  • ICAO Vaccination Report Nov22,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Nov15,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Nov08,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Nov01,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Oct25,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Oct18,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Oct11,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Sep20,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Sep13,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Sep06,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Aug30,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Aug23,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Aug16,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Aug09,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Aug02,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Jul26,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Jul19,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Jul12,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Jul05,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Jun28,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Jun21,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Jun14,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report June7,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report May31,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report May24,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report May17,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report May10,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report May03,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Apri26,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Apri19,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Apri12,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Apri05,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Apri01,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Mar22,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Mar15,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Mar08,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Mar01,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Feb22,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Feb15,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Feb08,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Feb01,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Jan25,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Jan18,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Jan11,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Jan04,2022
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Dec28,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Dec21,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Dec14,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Dec07,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Nov30,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Nov23,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Nov16,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Nov09,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Nov02,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Oct26,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Oct19,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Oct12,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Oct05,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Sep30,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Sep21,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Sep14,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Sep07,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Agu31,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Agu17,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Jul27,2021
  • ICAO Vaccination Report Jul20,2021

Travel Testing Reports

  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Nov23,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Nov16,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Nov09,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Nov02,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Oct26,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Oct18,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Oct12,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Sep20,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Sep13,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Sep06,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Aug30,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Aug23,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Aug16,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Aug09,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Aug02,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Jul26,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Jul19,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Jul12, 2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Jul05,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Jun28,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Jun21,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Jun14,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report June7,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report May31,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report May24,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report May18,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report May10,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report May03,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Apri26,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Apri12,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Apri05,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Apri01,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Mar22,2022
  • ICAO Travel Testing Report Mar09,2022

General Guidance

  • ICAO Council Aviation Recovery Taskforce (CART)
    • Council Aviation Recovery Taskforce (CART) report, take-off documents and forms
    • ICAO Global Implementation Roadmap of the Recommendations and Guidance of the Council Aviation Recovery Task Force (CART)
  • ICAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery Platform
  • ICAO COVID-19 Electronic Bulletins & State Letters
  • ICAO Establishing Alleviations  
  • ICAO Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Civil Aviation
  • ICAO Regional Office Activities
  • WHO Country & Technical Guidance
  • WHO Operational considerations for managing COVID-19 cases or outbreak in aviation: interim guidance
  • WHO Operational Considerations for Managing COVID-19 Cases and Outbreaks in Aviation– Training
  • WHO COVID-19 Travel Advice

Reporting Systems and Tools

  • ICAO Flight Data Application (infectious disease)
  • ICAO COVID-19 Response and Recovery Implementation Centre (CRRIC)
  • ICAO COVID-19 Contingency Related Differences (CCRDs)
  • IATA COVID-19 Government Public Health Mitigation Measures

Public Health Corridor (PHC) Implementation

  • PHC Implementation website

Risk Management

  • ICAO CART - Take-Off Guidance Document
  • ICAO Manual on Testing and Cross-border Risk Management Measures (Doc 10152)
  • ICAO Handbook for CAAs on the Management of Aviation Safety Risks Related to COVID-19 (Doc 10144)
  • WHO Schema for Risk communication at POE
  • IATA Safely Reopening Borders - A Practical Guide

Risk Mitigation

  • COVID-19 Multilayer Risk Mitigation Strategy Checklist

Testing

  • ICAO CART – Take-Off Guidance Document
  • ICAO Manual on Testing and Cross-border Risk Management Measures (Doc 10152)
  • COVID-19 Aviation Testing Assessment Checklist
  • IATA Safely Reopening Borders - A Practical Guide
  • WHO Antigen-Detection in the Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2
  • WHO Diagnostic Testing for SARS-CoV-2
  • WHO COVID-19 diagnostic testing in the context of international travel

Quarantine

  • ICAO CART – Take-Off Guidance Document
  • Manual on Testing and Cross-border Risk Management Measures (Doc 10152)
  • IATA Safely Reopening Borders - A Practical Guide
  • WHO Considerations for Quarantine of Contacts of COVID-19 Cases

Contact Tracing

  • ICAO CART – Take-Off Guidance Document

Waste Management 

  • ICAO CART – Take-Off Guidance Document - Module Aircraft
  • Manual on Testing and Cross-border Risk Management Measures (Doc 10152)
  • IATA Pandemic Cabin Operations Guidance (includes Hazardous Waste Management)

Face Coverings, Medical Masks and other PPE

  • ICAO CART – Take-Off Guidance Document
  • ICAO Face Coverings and Medical Masks poster (pdf)
  • WHO Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) advice for the public: When and how to use masks

Airport

  • ICAO CART – Take-Off Guidance Document - Module Airport
  • ICAO Airport COVID-19 Cleaning_ Disinfection Control Sheet
  • ICAO Global COVID-19 Airport Status
  • WHO Points of entry and mass gatherings
  • WHO Minimizing health risks at airports, ports and ground crossings
  • ACI Airport Health Accreditation Programme
  • ACI Post-COVID-19 Aviation Smart Security Playbook
  • ACI Airport Operational Practice — Examples for Managing COVID-19
  • ACI Aviation Operations during COVID-19 – Business Restart and Recovery
  • ACI Airport Health Measures Portal and Apps

Aircraft

  • General Recommendations 
    • ICAO CART – Take-Off Guidance Document - Module Aircraft
    • IATA Health Standard Checklist for Airline Operators
    • IBAC - Pandemic Operations Guidelines for Business Aviation
    • IBAC - Guidance Toward COVID-19 Secure
  • Cleaning and Disinfection 
    • ICAO CART – Take-Off Guidance Document - Module Aircraft
    • ICAO Aircraft COVID-19 Disinfection Control Sheet
    • GAMA- COVID-19 Cleaning & Disinfecting Guidance
    • FAA Special Airworthiness Bulletin (SAIB) - Aircraft Interior Disinfection
    • Aircraft Cleaning and Disinfection During and Post Pandemic Ed. 2

Air Crew

  • ICAO CART – Take-Off Guidance Document - Modules Crew, Flight Crew and Cabin Crew
  • ICAO Crew COVID-19 Status Card
  • ICAO E-Bulletin on Promoting, Maintaining and Supporting Mental Well-Being in Aviation During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • An Aviation Professional's Guide to Wellbeing – Flight Safety Foundation
  • IATA COVID-19: Resources for Airlines & Air Transport Professionals
  • IFALPA COVID-19 Main page
  • FAA - COVID-19: Updated Interim Occupational Health and Safety Guidance for Air Carriers and Crews
  • IBAC - Pandemic Operations Guidelines for Business Aviation

Passengers

  • ICAO CART – Take-Off Guidance Document - Public Health Risk Mitigation Measures section
  • Manual on Testing and Cross-border Risk Management Measures (Doc 10152)
  • ICAO SL - Facilitating passenger flights, including repatriation flights, using public health corridors during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Public Health COVID-19 Passenger Self Declaration Form
  • IATA COVID-19 & Travellers
  • WHO Management of ill travellers at Points of Entry
  • New Norms in Air Travel Hygiene Etiquette: The Passenger's Role in Sustaining a Healthy Environment – Flight Safety Foundation

Cargo

  • General Recommendations 
    • ICAO CART – Take-Off Guidance Document - Module Cargo
    • ICAO SL - Maintaining efficient air cargo operations during the COVID-19 pandemic
    • ICAO EB - Repatriation of COVID-19 human remains by Air
    • IBAC Pandemic Operations Guidelines for Business Aviation for Ground Handlers
  • Cleaning and Disinfection 
    • ICAO CART – Take-Off Guidance Document - Module Aircraft
  • Transport of Vaccines
    • Safe transport of COVID-19 vaccines on commercial aircraft

Air Navigation Service Providers

  • CANSO - COVID-19: Ensuring Continuity of ATS Service Globally
  • CANSO - COVID-19 Restart and Recovery Guide
  • IFATCA - Guidance Material on dealing with COVID-19 in Air Navigation Facilities

Other Organizations

  • Standing recommendations for COVID-19 issued by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) in accordance with the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) - New
  • WHO - Statement on the fifteenth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
  • WHO - COVID-19 Epidemiological and Operational updates
  • WHO - From emergency response to long-term COVID-19 disease management: sustaining gains made during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • WHO - COVID-19 Vaccine Insights Report
  • WHO - Statement on Omicron sublineages BQ.1 and XBB
  • EASA COVID-19 page
  • CDC COVID-19 page
  • ECDC COVID-19 page
  • UN COVID-19 Response
  • UNWTO COVID-19 Page
  • ILO Return To Work Guidance
  • IMO Measures to Adress Technical and Operational Matters Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • OIM COVID-19 Page
  • OCHA COVID-19 Page







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