Surveillance of the Second Wave of COVID-19 in Europe: Longitudinal Trend Analyses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted Europe, resulting in a high caseload and deaths that varied by country. The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has breached the borders of Europe. Public health surveillance is necessary to inform policy and guide leaders.

Objective

This study aimed to provide advanced surveillance metrics for COVID-19 transmission that account for weekly shifts in the pandemic, speed, acceleration, jerk, and persistence, to better understand countries at risk for explosive growth and those that are managing the pandemic effectively.

Methods

We performed a longitudinal trend analysis and extracted 62 days of COVID-19 data from public health registries. We used an empirical difference equation to measure the daily number of cases

SUBMITTER: Post L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8080962 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature