Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

February 25, 2020

A descriptive study of the impact of diseases control and prevention on the epidemics 1 dynamics and clinical features of SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Shanghai, lessons learned for 2 metropolis epidemics prevention

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  • Lu et al (2020) evaluated the impact of disease control and prevention on epidemic dynamics and clinical features of the COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai. They report a reduction in transmission of 99% within Shanghai and that the exponential growth had so far been stopped. They conclude that strict control of transmission at the early stage of an epidemic in major cities can quickly slow disease spread while control in local clusters is key to prevent outbreaks from imported cases.

Lu et al. (Feb 19, 2020). A descriptive study of the impact of diseases control and prevention on the epidemics 1 dynamics and clinical features of SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Shanghai, lessons learned for 2 metropolis epidemics prevention. Pre-print downloaded Feb 25 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.19.20025031