Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

March 17, 2020

The positive impact of lockdown in Wuhan on containing the COVID-19 outbreak in China

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  • Lau et al review the positive impacts (significant decrease in the growth rate and increase in the doubling time of COVID-19 cases) that could be attributed to rigorous Chinese lockdown measures, and suggest stringent containment measures should be considered for heavily affected areas to buy time and enable medical facilities to cope with increasing intensive care cases. 

Lau et al. (Mar 17, 2020). The positive impact of lockdown in Wuhan on containing the COVID-19 outbreak in China. https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taaa037