Comparison of Estimated Effectiveness of Case-Based and Population-Based Interventions on COVID-19 Containment in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Taiwan is one of the few countries with initial success in COVID-19 control without strict lockdown or school closure. The reasons remain to be fully elucidated.

Objective

To compare and evaluate the effectiveness of case-based (including contact tracing and quarantine) and population-based (including social distancing and facial masking) interventions for COVID-19 in Taiwan.

Design, setting, and participants

This comparative effectiveness study used a stochastic branching process model using COVID-19 epidemic data from Taiwan, an island nation of 23.6 million people, with no locally acquired cases of COVID-19 reported for 253 days between April and December 2020.

Main outcomes and measures

Effective reproduction number of COVID-19 cases (the number

SUBMITTER: Ng TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8025126 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature