How did governmental interventions affect the spread of COVID-19 in European countries?

ABSTRACT:

Background

To reduce the transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in its first wave, European governments have implemented successive measures to encourage social distancing. However, it remained unclear how effectively measures reduced the spread of the virus. We examined how the effective-contact rate (ECR), the mean number of daily contacts for an infectious individual to transmit the virus, among European citizens evolved during this wave over the period with implemented measures, disregarding a priori information on governmental measures.

Methods

We developed a data-oriented approach that is based on an extended Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Removed (SEIR) model. Using the available data on the confirmed numbers of infections and hospitalizat

SUBMITTER: Post RAJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7908011 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature