Short-Term Effects of Mitigation Measures for the Containment of the COVID-19 Outbreak: An Experience From Northern Italy.

Moirano, Giovenale; Schmid, Maurizio; Barone-Adesi, Francesco

Moirano, Giovenale; Schmid, Maurizio; Barone-Adesi, Francesco.

Moirano G; Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
Schmid M; BioLab - Engineering Department - Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy.
Barone-Adesi F; Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy.

Disaster Med Public Health Prep ; 14(4): e3-e4, 2020 08.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-115728

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ABSTRACT

We evaluated the short-term effects of mitigation measures imposed by the Italian government on the first 10 municipalities affected by Sars-Cov-2 spread. Our results suggest that the effects of containment measures can be appreciated in about approximately 2 wk.

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COVID-19/diagnosis; Pandemics/prevention & control; Risk Management/standards; COVID-19/epidemiology; Humans; Italy/epidemiology; Pandemics/statistics & numerical data; Quarantine/methods; Quarantine/standards; Quarantine/statistics & numerical data; Risk Management/methods; Risk Management/statistics & numerical data; Time Factors

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epidemics; epidemiologic methods; population surveillance

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Risk Management / Pandemics / COVID-19 Type of study: Diagnostic study / Experimental Studies / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: English Journal: Disaster Med Public Health Prep Journal subject: Public Health Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Dmp.2020.119

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