Evidence of initial success for China exiting COVID-19 social distancing policy after achieving containment [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]

Background: The COVID-19 epidemic was declared a Global Pandemic by WHO on 11 March 2020. By 24 March 2020, over 440,000 cases and almost 20,000 deaths had been reported worldwide. In response to the fast-growing epidemic, which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, Hubei, China imposed strict social...

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Main Authors: Kylie E C Ainslie, Caroline E. Walters, Han Fu, Sangeeta Bhatia, Haowei Wang, Xiaoyue Xi, Marc Baguelin, Samir Bhatt, Adhiratha Boonyasiri, Olivia Boyd, Lorenzo Cattarino, Constanze Ciavarella, Zulma Cucunuba, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, Amy Dighe, Ilaria Dorigatti, Sabine L van Elsland, Rich FitzJohn, Katy Gaythorpe, Azra C Ghani, Will Green, Arran Hamlet, Wes Hinsley, Natsuko Imai, David Jorgensen, Edward Knock, Daniel Laydon, Gemma Nedjati-Gilani, Lucy C Okell, Igor Siveroni, Hayley A Thompson, H Juliette T Unwin, Robert Verity, Michaela Vollmer, Patrick G T Walker, Yuanrong Wang, Oliver J Watson, Charles Whittaker, Peter Winskill, Christl A Donnelly, Neil M Ferguson, Steven Riley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wellcome 2020-04-01
Series:Wellcome Open Research
Online Access:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-81/v1