Effectiveness of controlling COVID-19 epidemic by implementing soft lockdown policy and extensive community screening in Taiwan

Abstract Strict and repeated lockdowns have caused public fatigue regarding policy compliance and had a large impact on several countries’ economies. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a soft lockdown policy and the strategy of active community screening for controlling COVID-19 in Taiwan. We...

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Main Authors: Ta-Chien Chan, Ching-Chi Chou, Yi-Chi Chu, Jia-Hong Tang, Li-Chi Chen, Hsien-Ho Lin, Kevin J. Chen, Ran-Chou Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16011-x