Association of Public Health Interventions With the Epidemiology of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Wuhan, China.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a pandemic, and it is unknown whether a combination of public health interventions can improve control of the outbreak.

Objective

To evaluate the association of public health interventions with the epidemiological features of the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan by 5 periods according to key events and interventions.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cohort study, individual-level data on 32 583 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases reported between December 8, 2019, and March 8, 2020, were extracted from the municipal Notifiable Disease Report System, including patients' age, sex, residential location, occupation, and severity classification.

Exposures

Nonpharmaceutical public health interventions inclu

SUBMITTER: Pan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7149375 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature