Impact of tiered restrictions on human activities and the epidemiology of the second wave of COVID-19 in Italy

Italy introduced a system of tiered SARS-CoV-2 control measures in November 2020. Here, the authors quantify the effect of these measures on SARS-CoV-2 transmissibility and hospitalisation, and find reductions across all tiers with the greatest impacts associated with the most restrictive level.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mattia Manica, Giorgio Guzzetta, Flavia Riccardo, Antonio Valenti, Piero Poletti, Valentina Marziano, Filippo Trentini, Xanthi Andrianou, Alberto Mateo-Urdiales, Martina del Manso, Massimo Fabiani, Maria Fenicia Vescio, Matteo Spuri, Daniele Petrone, Antonino Bella, Sergio Iavicoli, Marco Ajelli, Silvio Brusaferro, Patrizio Pezzotti, Stefano Merler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24832-z