Performance of COVID-19 associated symptoms and temperature checking as a screening tool for SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Benjamin Demah NuerteyKwame EkremetAbdul-Rashid HaidallahKareem MumuniJoyce AddaiRosemary Ivy E AttibuMichael C DamahElvis DuorinaaAnwar Sadat SeiduVictor C AdongoRichard Kujo AdatsiHisyovi Caedenas SuriAbass Abdul-Karim KomeiBraimah Baba AbubakariEnoch WeyoriEmmanuel Allegye-CudjoeAugustina SylverkenMichael OwusuRichard O PhillipsPublished in: PloS one (2021)
The use of fever alone or other symptoms individually [or in combination] as a screening tool for SARS-CoV-2 infection is not worthwhile based on ROC analysis. Use of temperature check as a COVID-19 screening tool to allow people into public space irrespective of the temperature cut-off is of little benefit in diagnosing infected persons. We recommend the use of facemask, hand hygiene, social distancing as effective means of preventing infection.