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Are Lockdown Measures Effective Against COVID-19?
As the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic progresses, countries around the world are increasingly implementing a range of responses that are intended to help prevent the transmission of this disease. In the absence of a COVID-19 vaccine, we assess the potential role of containment measures...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7642264/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33194950 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.549692 |
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description | As the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic progresses, countries around the world are increasingly implementing a range of responses that are intended to help prevent the transmission of this disease. In the absence of a COVID-19 vaccine, we assess the potential role of containment measures to suppress the virus transmission, thereby slowing down the growth rate of cases and rapidly reducing case incidence. The aim of this study is to show that country lockdown has a critical and significant impact on the pandemic. This is explored using real time incidence data in Lebanon. We analyze COVID-19 cases in Lebanon before and after lockdown measures have been implemented. The findings show that the nationwide lockdown was effective in reducing cases and has been successful in, so far, containing the virus. This study could be an evidence-based call to continue with the lockdown measures, based on real time incidence data. Further research is encouraged. |
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spelling | pubmed-76422642020-11-13 Are Lockdown Measures Effective Against COVID-19? Kharroubi, Samer Saleh, Fatima Front Public Health Public Health As the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic progresses, countries around the world are increasingly implementing a range of responses that are intended to help prevent the transmission of this disease. In the absence of a COVID-19 vaccine, we assess the potential role of containment measures to suppress the virus transmission, thereby slowing down the growth rate of cases and rapidly reducing case incidence. The aim of this study is to show that country lockdown has a critical and significant impact on the pandemic. This is explored using real time incidence data in Lebanon. We analyze COVID-19 cases in Lebanon before and after lockdown measures have been implemented. The findings show that the nationwide lockdown was effective in reducing cases and has been successful in, so far, containing the virus. This study could be an evidence-based call to continue with the lockdown measures, based on real time incidence data. Further research is encouraged. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC7642264/ /pubmed/33194950 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.549692 Text en Copyright © 2020 Kharroubi and Saleh. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Kharroubi, Samer Saleh, Fatima Are Lockdown Measures Effective Against COVID-19? |
title | Are Lockdown Measures Effective Against COVID-19? |
title_full | Are Lockdown Measures Effective Against COVID-19? |
title_fullStr | Are Lockdown Measures Effective Against COVID-19? |
title_full_unstemmed | Are Lockdown Measures Effective Against COVID-19? |
title_short | Are Lockdown Measures Effective Against COVID-19? |
title_sort | are lockdown measures effective against covid-19? |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7642264/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33194950 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.549692 |
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