Global COVID-19 Pandemic Waves: Limited Lessons Learned Worldwide over the Past Year.

ABSTRACT: The occurrence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was followed by a small burst of cases around the world; afterward, due to a series of emergency non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), the increasing number of confirmed cases slowed down in many countries. However, the lifting of control measures by the government and the public's loosening of precautionary behaviors led to a sudden increase in cases, arousing deep concern across the globe. arousing deep concern across the globe. This study evaluates the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in countries and territories worldwide from January 2020 to February 2021. According to the time-varying reproduction number (R(t)) of each country or territory, the results show that almost half of the countries and territories in th

SUBMITTER: Wei Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8438800 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature