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An epidemiological model to aid decision-making for COVID-19 control in Sri Lanka

BACKGROUND: Sri Lanka diagnosed its first local case of COVID-19 on 11 March 2020. The government acted swiftly to contain transmission, with extensive public health measures. At the end of 30 days, Sri Lanka had 197 cases, 54 recovered and 7 deaths; a staged relaxing of the lockdown is now underway...

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Autores principales:	Ediriweera, Dileepa Senajith, de Silva, Nilanthi Renuka, Malavige, Gathsaurie Neelika, de Silva, Hithanadura Janaka
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2020
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7451571/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32853295 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238340

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