The impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on the first COVID-19 epidemic wave in South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In this study, we investigated the impact of COVID-19 NPIs in South Africa to understand their effectiveness in the reduction of transmission of COVID-19 in the South African population. This study also investigated the COVID-19 testing, reporting, hospitalised cases, excess deaths and COVID-19 modelling in the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in South Africa.

Methods

A semi-reactive stochastic COVID-19 model, the ARI COVID-19 SEIR model, was used to investigate the impact of NPIs in South Africa to understand their effectiveness in the reduction of COVID-19 transmission in the South African population. COVID-19 testing, reporting, hospitalised cases and excess deaths in the first COVID-19 epidemic wave in South Africa were investigated using regressional analys

SUBMITTER: Mabuka T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10403893 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature