학술논문
Government interventions and control policies to contain the first COVID-19 outbreak: An analysis of evidence.
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*PREVENTION of infectious disease transmission
*MORTALITY prevention
*HEALTH policy
*COVID-19
*MIDDLE-income countries
*SCIENTIFIC observation
*GOVERNMENT regulation
*INTERNATIONAL public health laws
*WORLD health
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
*PUBLIC health
*COMPARATIVE studies
*LOW-income countries
*RESEARCH funding
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*STAY-at-home orders
*SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
*POPULATION health
*COVID-19 pandemic
*LONGITUDINAL method
DEVELOPED countries
DEVELOPING countries
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1403-4948
Abstract
Background: The overarching aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness over time of government interventions and policy restrictions and the impact of determinants on spread and mortality during the first-wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, globally, regionally and by country-income level, up to 18 May 2020. Methods: We created a global database merging World Health Organization daily case reports (from 218 countries/territories) with other socio-demographic and population health measures from 21 January to 18 May 2020. A four-level government policy interventions score (low to very high) was created based on the Oxford Stringency Index. Results: Our results support the use of very high government interventions to suppress both COVID-19 spread and mortality effectively during wave one globally compared to other policy levels of control. Similar trends in virus propagation and mortality were observed in all country-income levels and specific regions. Conclusions: Rapid implementation of government interventions was needed to contain the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak and to reduce COVID-19-related mortality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]