Influence of Seasonality and Public-Health Interventions on the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northern Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most government efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic revolved around non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and vaccination. However, many respiratory diseases show distinctive seasonal trends. In this manuscript, we examined the contribution of these three factors to the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Pearson correlation coefficients and time-lagged analysis were used to examine the relationship between NPIs, vaccinations and seasonality (using the average incidence of endemic human beta-coronaviruses in Sweden over a 10-year period as a proxy) and the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic as tracked by deaths; cases; hospitalisations; intensive care unit occupancy and testing positivity rates in six Northern European countries (population 99.1

SUBMITTER: Quinn GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10816378 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature