Is a tiered restrictions system an effective intervention for COVID-19 control? Results from Portugal, November-December 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In November 2020, similar to other European countries, Portugal implemented a tiered restrictions system to control the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to compare the COVID-19 growth rate across tiers to assess the effect of a tiered restrictions system in Portugal, using models with different times between tiers assessment. Our hypothesis was that being in a higher tier brings a faster deceleration in the growth rate than being in a lower tier.

Methods

The national database of notified COVID-19 cases and publicly available data were used to analyse the effect of the tiered restrictions system on the COVID-19 incidence growth rate. The tiers were based on the European Centre for Disease Control risk classification: moderate, high, very and extremely high. We used a ge

SUBMITTER: Moniz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10993531 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature