Association of public health interventions and COVID-19 incidence in Vietnam, January to December 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vietnam implemented various public health interventions such as contact tracing and testing, mandatory quarantine, and lockdowns in response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, the effects of these measures on the epidemic remain unclear.

Methods

This article describes the public health interventions in relation to COVID-19 incidence. Maximum likelihood estimations were used to assess containment delays (time between symptom onset and start of isolation) and multivariable regression was employed to identify associated factors between interventions and COVID-19 incidence. The effective reproductive numbers (Rt) were calculated based on transmission pairs.

Results

Interventions were introduced periodically in response to the epidemic. Overall, 81

SUBMITTER: Quach HL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8318669 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature