To lockdown or not to lockdown: Analysis of the EU lockdown performance vs. COVID-19 outbreak.

ABSTRACT: The worldwide COVID-19 outbreak has dramatically called for appropriate responses from governments. Scientists estimated both the basic reproduction number and the lethality of the virus. The former one depends on several factors (environment and social behavior, virus characteristics, removal rate). In the absence of specific treatments (vaccine, drugs) for COVID-19 there was a limited capability to control the likelihood of transmission or the recovery rate. Therefore, to limit the expected exponential spread of the disease and to reduce its consequences, most national authorities have adopted containment strategies that are mostly focused on social distancing measures. In this context, we performed an analysis of the effects of government lockdown policies in 5 European Countries (Franc

SUBMITTER: Secco EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9634555 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature