AI-assisted tracking of worldwide non-pharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic has transformed almost every facet of human society throughout the world. Against an emerging, highly transmissible disease, governments worldwide have implemented non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to slow the spread of the virus. Examples of such interventions include community actions, such as school closures or restrictions on mass gatherings, individual actions including mask wearing and self-quarantine, and environmental actions such as cleaning public facilities. We present the Worldwide Non-pharmaceutical Interventions Tracker for COVID-19 (WNTRAC), a comprehensive dataset consisting of over 6,000 NPIs implemented worldwide since the start of the pandemic. WNTRAC covers NPIs implemented across 261 countries and territorie

SUBMITTER: Suryanarayanan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7994304 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature