Rapid and sustained containment of covid-19 is achievable and worthwhile: implications for pandemic response

Qiulan Chen; Lance Rodewald; Shengjie Lai; George F Gao

doi:10.1136/BMJ-2021-066169

Rapid and sustained containment of covid-19 is achievable and worthwhile: implications for pandemic response

BMJ. 2021 Dec 1:375:e066169. doi: 10.1136/BMJ-2021-066169.

Authors

Qiulan Chen¹, Lance Rodewald², Shengjie Lai³, George F Gao^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Disease, Key Laboratory of Surveillance and Early Warning on Infectious Disease, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
² Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
³ WorldPop, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
⁴ Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China gaofu@chinacdc.cn.
⁵ CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Abstract

Qiulan Chen and colleagues argue that innovative technological and organisational approaches can overcome important challenges to containment measures early in a pandemic

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / transmission*
China / epidemiology
Communicable Disease Control / methods*
Communicable Disease Control / statistics & numerical data
Global Health
Humans
Pandemics / prevention & control
SARS-CoV-2

Grants and funding

INV-024911/GATES/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/United States