Control strategies and their effects on the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 in representative countries

COVID-19 is the most severe pandemic globally since the 1918 influenza pandemic. Effectively responding to this once-in-a-century global pandemic is a worldwide challenge that the international community needs to jointly face and solve. This study reviews and discusses the key measures taken by majo...

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Published inJournal of biosafety and biosecurity Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 76 - 81
Main Authors Hao, Rongzhang, Zhang, Yewu, Cao, Zhidong, Li, Jing, Xu, Qing, Ye, Lingling, Guo, Xudong, Zheng, Tao, Song, Hongbin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.12.2021
Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co., Ltd
KeAi Communications Co., Ltd
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Control strategies
COVID-19
Effect comparison
Review
COVID-19
Effect comparison
Control strategies
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Summary:COVID-19 is the most severe pandemic globally since the 1918 influenza pandemic. Effectively responding to this once-in-a-century global pandemic is a worldwide challenge that the international community needs to jointly face and solve. This study reviews and discusses the key measures taken by major countries in 2020 to fight against COVID-19, such as lockdowns, social distancing, wearing masks, hand hygiene, using Fangcang shelter hospitals, large-scale nucleic acid testing, close-contacts tracking, and pandemic information monitoring, as well as their prevention and control effects. We hope it can help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of pandemic prevention and control in future.
Bibliography:These authors contributed equally to the work.
ISSN:2588-9338
2588-9338
DOI:10.1016/j.jobb.2021.06.003