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COVID-19 in Germany and China: mitigation versus elimination strategy
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic shows variable dynamics in WHO Regions, with lowest disease burden in the Western-Pacific Region. While China has been able to rapidly eliminate transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Germany – as well as most of Europe and the Americas – is struggling with high numbers of cas...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7833051/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33472568 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2021.1875601 |
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author | Lu, Guangyu Razum, Oliver Jahn, Albrecht Zhang, Yuying Sutton, Brett Sridhar, Devi Ariyoshi, Koya von Seidlein, Lorenz Müller, Olaf |
author_facet | Lu, Guangyu Razum, Oliver Jahn, Albrecht Zhang, Yuying Sutton, Brett Sridhar, Devi Ariyoshi, Koya von Seidlein, Lorenz Müller, Olaf |
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description | Background: The COVID-19 pandemic shows variable dynamics in WHO Regions, with lowest disease burden in the Western-Pacific Region. While China has been able to rapidly eliminate transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Germany – as well as most of Europe and the Americas – is struggling with high numbers of cases and deaths. Objective: We analyse COVID-19 epidemiology and control strategies in China and in Germany, two countries which have chosen profoundly different approaches to deal with the epidemic. Methods: In this narrative review, we searched the literature from 1 December 2019, to 4 December 2020. Results: China and several neighbours (e.g. Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Thailand) have achieved COVID-19 elimination or sustained low case numbers. This can be attributed to: (1) experience with previous coronavirus outbreaks; (2) classification of SARS-CoV-2 in the highest risk category and consequent early employment of aggressive control measures; (3) mandatory isolation of cases and contacts in institutions; (4) broad employment of modern contact tracking technology; (5) travel restrictions to prevent SARS-CoV-2 re-importation; (6) cohesive communities with varying levels of social control. Conclusions: Early implementation of intense and sustained control measures is key to achieving a near normal social and economic life. |
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spelling | pubmed-78330512021-02-02 COVID-19 in Germany and China: mitigation versus elimination strategy Lu, Guangyu Razum, Oliver Jahn, Albrecht Zhang, Yuying Sutton, Brett Sridhar, Devi Ariyoshi, Koya von Seidlein, Lorenz Müller, Olaf Glob Health Action Review Article Background: The COVID-19 pandemic shows variable dynamics in WHO Regions, with lowest disease burden in the Western-Pacific Region. While China has been able to rapidly eliminate transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Germany – as well as most of Europe and the Americas – is struggling with high numbers of cases and deaths. Objective: We analyse COVID-19 epidemiology and control strategies in China and in Germany, two countries which have chosen profoundly different approaches to deal with the epidemic. Methods: In this narrative review, we searched the literature from 1 December 2019, to 4 December 2020. Results: China and several neighbours (e.g. Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Thailand) have achieved COVID-19 elimination or sustained low case numbers. This can be attributed to: (1) experience with previous coronavirus outbreaks; (2) classification of SARS-CoV-2 in the highest risk category and consequent early employment of aggressive control measures; (3) mandatory isolation of cases and contacts in institutions; (4) broad employment of modern contact tracking technology; (5) travel restrictions to prevent SARS-CoV-2 re-importation; (6) cohesive communities with varying levels of social control. Conclusions: Early implementation of intense and sustained control measures is key to achieving a near normal social and economic life. Taylor & Francis 2021-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7833051/ /pubmed/33472568 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2021.1875601 Text en © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Lu, Guangyu Razum, Oliver Jahn, Albrecht Zhang, Yuying Sutton, Brett Sridhar, Devi Ariyoshi, Koya von Seidlein, Lorenz Müller, Olaf COVID-19 in Germany and China: mitigation versus elimination strategy |
title | COVID-19 in Germany and China: mitigation versus elimination strategy |
title_full | COVID-19 in Germany and China: mitigation versus elimination strategy |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 in Germany and China: mitigation versus elimination strategy |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 in Germany and China: mitigation versus elimination strategy |
title_short | COVID-19 in Germany and China: mitigation versus elimination strategy |
title_sort | covid-19 in germany and china: mitigation versus elimination strategy |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7833051/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33472568 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2021.1875601 |
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