Transmission dynamics and the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the COVID-19 outbreak resurged in Beijing, China: a descriptive and modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate epidemiological characteristics and transmission dynamics of COVID-19 outbreak resurged in Beijing and to assess the effects of three non-pharmaceutical interventions.

Design

Descriptive and modelling study based on surveillance data of COVID-19 in Beijing.

Setting

Outbreak in Beijing.

Participants

The database included 335 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Methods

To conduct spatiotemporal analyses of the outbreak, we collected individual records on laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 11 June 2020 to 5 July 2020 in Beijing, and visitor flow and products transportation data of Xinfadi Wholesale Market. We also built a modified susceptible-exposed-infected-removed model to investigate the effect of interventions deployed in Beijin

SUBMITTER: Cui X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8424429 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature