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Table 1 Summary of the repatriates per Laboratory testing

From: Phased repatriation of Lebanese expatriates stranded abroad during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Repatriation phases

Repatriates

External

PCR

Internal PCR

(airport)

Laboratory results (PCR at airport)

Positive

Negative

% positive among repatriates

% positive among internally tested repatriates

n

n

n

n

n

%

%

Phase 1

2742

195

2225

32

2193

1.17%

1.43%

Phase 2

7000

1363

5637

75

5598

1.07%

1.33%

Phase 3

10,866

6814

3994

104

3890

0.96%

2.6%

Phase 4

5175

3873

1157

61

1096

1.18%

5.27%

Total all phases

25,783

12,245

13,013

272

12,777

1.05%

1.8%