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Article: Effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 transmission in 190 countries from 23 January to 13 April 2020

TitleEffectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 transmission in 190 countries from 23 January to 13 April 2020
Authors
KeywordsCOVID-19
Non-pharmaceutical interventions
Time-Varying effective reproduction number (Rt)
Issue Date2021
Citation
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021, v. 102, p. 247-253 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: To evaluate and compare the effectiveness of four types of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to contain the time-varying effective reproduction number (Rt) of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Methods: This study included 1,908,197 confirmed COVID-19 cases from 190 countries between 23 January and 13 April 2020. The implemented NPIs were categorised into four types: mandatory face mask in public, isolation or quarantine, social distancing and traffic restriction (referred to as mandatory mask, quarantine, distancing and traffic hereafter, respectively). Results: The implementations of mandatory mask, quarantine, distancing and traffic were associated with changes (95% confidence interval, CI) of −15.14% (from −21.79% to −7.93%), −11.40% (from −13.66% to −9.07%), −42.94% (from −44.24% to −41.60%) and −9.26% (from −11.46% to −7.01%) in the Rt of COVID-19 when compared with those without the implementation of the corresponding measures. Distancing and the simultaneous implementation of two or more types of NPIs seemed to be associated with a greater decrease in the Rt of COVID-19. Conclusion: Our study indicates that NPIs can significantly contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Distancing and the simultaneous implementation of two or more NPIs should be the strategic priorities for containing COVID-19.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/324156
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.435
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dc.contributor.authorBo, Yacong-
dc.contributor.authorGuo, Cui-
dc.contributor.authorLin, Changqing-
dc.contributor.authorZeng, Yiqian-
dc.contributor.authorLi, Hao Bi-
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Yumiao-
dc.contributor.authorHossain, Md Shakhaoat-
dc.contributor.authorChan, Jimmy W.M.-
dc.contributor.authorYeung, David W.-
dc.contributor.authorKwok, Kin On-
dc.contributor.authorWong, Samuel Y.S.-
dc.contributor.authorLau, Alexis K.H.-
dc.contributor.authorLao, Xiang Qian-
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-13T03:01:53Z-
dc.date.available2023-01-13T03:01:53Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021, v. 102, p. 247-253-
dc.identifier.issn1201-9712-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/324156-
dc.description.abstractBackground: To evaluate and compare the effectiveness of four types of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to contain the time-varying effective reproduction number (Rt) of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). Methods: This study included 1,908,197 confirmed COVID-19 cases from 190 countries between 23 January and 13 April 2020. The implemented NPIs were categorised into four types: mandatory face mask in public, isolation or quarantine, social distancing and traffic restriction (referred to as mandatory mask, quarantine, distancing and traffic hereafter, respectively). Results: The implementations of mandatory mask, quarantine, distancing and traffic were associated with changes (95% confidence interval, CI) of −15.14% (from −21.79% to −7.93%), −11.40% (from −13.66% to −9.07%), −42.94% (from −44.24% to −41.60%) and −9.26% (from −11.46% to −7.01%) in the Rt of COVID-19 when compared with those without the implementation of the corresponding measures. Distancing and the simultaneous implementation of two or more types of NPIs seemed to be associated with a greater decrease in the Rt of COVID-19. Conclusion: Our study indicates that NPIs can significantly contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Distancing and the simultaneous implementation of two or more NPIs should be the strategic priorities for containing COVID-19.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectCOVID-19-
dc.subjectNon-pharmaceutical interventions-
dc.subjectTime-Varying effective reproduction number (Rt)-
dc.titleEffectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 transmission in 190 countries from 23 January to 13 April 2020-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijid.2020.10.066-
dc.identifier.pmid33129965-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC7598763-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85096879198-
dc.identifier.volume102-
dc.identifier.spage247-
dc.identifier.epage253-
dc.identifier.eissn1878-3511-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000604702000045-

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