1. Early assessment of the impact of mitigation measures to control COVID-19 in 22 French metropolitan areas, October to November 2020
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Laëtitia Huiart, Didier Che, Clémentine Calba, Céline Caserio-Schönemann, Thomas Bénet, Laurent Filleul, S Haeghebaert, Daniel Lévy-Bruhl, P. Rolland, Sophie Larrieu, Guillaume Spaccaferri, Fatima Ait-El-Belghiti, Cécile Sommen, Anne Laporte, Jean-Claude Desenclos, Jerome Pouey, and Sabira Smaili
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0301 basic medicine ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Time Factors ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Urban Population ,Epidemiology ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,030106 microbiology ,Control (management) ,Physical Distancing ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Virology ,Pandemic ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Cities ,Socioeconomics ,Pandemics ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Incidence ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,COVID-19 ,Metropolitan area ,COVID-19 – Mitigation measures – Epidemic – Impact – Surveillance ,Hospitalization ,Geography ,Communicable Disease Control ,Quarantine ,France ,Curfew ,Rapid Communication - Abstract
In France, measures including curfew and lockdown were implemented to control the COVID-19 pandemic second wave in 2020. This study descriptively assesses their possible effects, also relative to their timing. A considerable decrease in incidence of COVID-19 cases and hospital admissions was observed 7 to 10 days after mitigation measures were put in place, occurring earlier in metropolitan areas which had implemented these first. This temporal coincidence suggests the measures’ positive impact, consistent with international experiences.
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- 2020