A cross-country comparison of Covid-19 containment measures and their effects on the epidemic curves.

ABSTRACT:

Background

European countries are still searching to eliminate or contain the Covid-19 pandemic. A variety of approaches have achieved different levels of success in limiting the spread of the disease early and preventing avoidable deaths. Governmental policy responses may explain these differences and this study aims to describe evidence about the effectiveness of containment measures throughout the course of the pandemic in five European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK).

Methods

The research approach adopted consisted of three steps: 1) Build a Containment Index (C.I.) that considers nine parameters to make an assessment on the strength of measures; 2) Develop dynamic epidemiological models for forecasting purposes; 3) Predict case numbers by assuming c

SUBMITTER: Cascini F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9482299 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature