Authors: Ferguson, N, Laydon, D, Nedjati Gilani, G, Imai, Ainslie, K, Baguelin, M, Bhatia, S, Boonyasiri, A, Cucunuba Perez, Z, Cuomo-Dannenburg, Dighe, Dorigatti, I, Fu, H, Gaythorpe, Green, W, Hamlet, Hinsley, Okell, L, Van Elsland, Thompson, Verity, R, Volz, E, Wang, Y, Walker, P, Walters, C, Winskill, Whittaker, Donnelly, Riley, Ghani
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Abstract: The global impact of COVID-19 has been profound, and the public health threat it represents is the most serious seen in a respiratory virus since the 1918 H1N1 influenza pandemic. Here we present the results of epidemiological modelling which has informed policymaking in the UK and other countries in recent weeks. In the absence of a COVID-19 vaccine, we assess the potential role of a number of public health measures – so-called non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) – aimed at reducing contact rates in the population and thereby reducing ...
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Environmental health
Development economics
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