Effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 cases, deaths, and demand for hospital services in the UK: a modelling study

Summary: Background: Non-pharmaceutical interventions have been implemented to reduce transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the UK. Projecting the size of an unmitigated epidemic and the potential effect of different control measures has been crucial to sup...

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Main Authors: Nicholas G Davies, DPhil, Adam J Kucharski, PhD, Rosalind M Eggo, PhD, Amy Gimma, MSc, W John Edmunds, ProfPhD, Thibaut Jombart, Kathleen O'Reilly, Akira Endo, Joel Hellewell, Emily S Nightingale, Billy J Quilty, Christopher I Jarvis, Timothy W Russell, Petra Klepac, Nikos I Bosse, Sebastian Funk, Sam Abbott, Graham F Medley, Hamish Gibbs, Carl A B Pearson, Stefan Flasche, Mark Jit, Samuel Clifford, Kiesha Prem, Charlie Diamond, Jon Emery, Arminder K Deol, Simon R Procter, Kevin van Zandvoort, Yueqian Fiona Sun, James D Munday, Alicia Rosello, Megan Auzenbergs, Gwen Knight, Rein M G J Houben, Yang Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-07-01
Series:The Lancet Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S246826672030133X