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Assessing the effects of metropolitan-wide quarantine on the spread of COVID-19 in public space and households

  • Nanjing Medical University
  • Monash University
  • University of Florida
  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University
  • Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
  • Zhengzhou University

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Abstract

Hubei province in China has completed cycle of quarantine-resumption in 23rd Janauary and 8th April 2020, providing a unique opportunity as for now to assess its intervention impact and the pattern of SARS-COV-2 transmission during the quarantine period. In this study, we evaluate the impact of the metropolitan-wide quarantine on the trend and transmission route of the COVID-19 epidemic in Hubei, China. The intervention reduces more than 70% of new infections in both households and the public space, as well as the deaths caused by COVID-19 pneumonia. Household transmission is the dominant route of disease spread regardless of quarantine. This will provide important evidence and scientific insights to other worldwide countries that are currently under quarantine.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)503-505
Number of pages3
JournalInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume96
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2020

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Households
  • Metropolitan-wide quarantine
  • Public space

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