Flattening the COVID-19 peak:Containment and mitigation policies
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris
OECD Publishing - Paris
2020
27 p.
epidemic disease ; government policy
Government and public administration
http://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/en/
English
"COVID-19 cases have grown rapidly in a growing number of countries, triggering bold policy responses. This document focuses on containment and mitigation measures to flatten the peak of COVID-19 and thus decrease as much as possible its huge strain on healthcare systems. The brief explains what containment and mitigation measures are, why there is a need to adopt a package of measures to enhance their overall impact, and then presents evidence on the relative effectiveness of each main measure, drawing from previous episodes of epidemic outbursts, largely to inform on a possible exit strategy once the virus is under control.Flattening the covid-19 peak: Containment and mitigation policies Flattening the COVID-19 peak:Containment and mitigation policies Updated 24March 2020"
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