Evolving Epidemiological Characteristics of COVID-19 in Hong Kong From January to August 2020: Retrospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 has plagued the globe, with multiple SARS-CoV-2 clusters hinting at its evolving epidemiology. Since the disease course is governed by important epidemiological parameters, including containment delays (time between symptom onset and mandatory isolation) and serial intervals (time between symptom onsets of infector-infectee pairs), understanding their temporal changes helps to guide interventions.

Objective

This study aims to characterize the epidemiology of the first two epidemic waves of COVID-19 in Hong Kong by doing the following: (1) estimating the containment delays, serial intervals, effective reproductive number (R_t), and proportion of asymptomatic cases; (2) identifying factors associated with the temporal changes of the containment de

SUBMITTER: Kwok KO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8054773 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature