Travel during COVID-19 pandemic in Libya: reasons of travel, disease importation and travel regulations

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Table 1. Description of travelers tested using RT-qPCR at Biotechnology Research Center laboratories during January 2021 (n = 781)

		Mean	%	95% Lower CI	95% Upper CI
Age (Years)		39		37	40
Gender	Male		79.4%	76.4%	82.1%
	Female		20.6%	17.9%	23.6%
Method of travel	By Road		84.9%	82.2%	87.3%
	By Air plane		15.1%	12.7%	17.8%
City	Al-Jmail		42.8%	39.2%	46.4%
	Al-Zawia		25.4%	22.3%	28.6%
	Tripoli		22.8%	19.8%	25.9%
	Al Garaboli		2.7%	1.7%	4.1%
	Zolton		1.9%	1.1%	3.1%
	Other		4.4%	1.7%	10.1%
Travel destination	Tunisia		81.6%	78.7%	84.2%
	Not provided		15.4%	13.0%	18.0%
	Egypt		1.5%	0.8%	2.6%
	Turkey		0.8%	0.3%	1.6%
	Other		0.5%	0.1%	2.4%
PCR result	Negative		87.3%	84.8%	89.5%
	Positive		12.7%	10.5%	15.2%
Purpose of travel	Health care		49.5%	45.7%	53.4%
	Business		30.9%	27.4%	34.5%
	Work		14.3%	11.7%	17.1%
	Companion		4.2%	2.8%	6.0%
	Study		1.1%	0.5%	2.1%

Table 2. Percentage and confidence interval levels for PCR test results regarding city of residence and purpose of travel

		Positive				Negative
		%		95% CL		%	95% CL
City	Tripoli	86.1%	80.3%		90.8%	13.9%		9.2%	19.7%
	Al-Zawia	85.3%	79.7%		89.9%	14.7%		10.1%	20.3%
	Al-Jmail	88.8%	84.9%		91.9%	11.2%		8.1%	15.1%
	Al Garaboli	85.0%	65.1%		95.6%	15.0%		4.4%	34.9%
	Zolton	92.9%	71.2%		99.2%	7.1%		0.8%	28.8%
Purpose of travel	Health care	86.8%	82.7%		90.2%	13.2%		9.8%	17.3%
	Business	88.9%	84.0%		92.7%	11.1%		7.3%	16.0%
	Work	88.0%	80.3%		93.5%	12.0%		6.5%	19.7%
	Companion	85.2%	68.5%		94.8%	14.8%		5.2%	31.5%
	Studying	100.0%				0.0%