Prevention and control measures significantly curbed the SARS-CoV-2 and influenza epidemics in China

Journal of Virus Eradication

Hongsong Chen¹  Huiying Rao²  Haibo Wang³  Ruifeng Yang⁴  Feng Liu⁴  Xiangsha Kong⁴  Dongbo Chen⁴  Xiaoxiao Wang⁴  Fengmin Lu⁴ 

[1] Infectious Disease Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China;;State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Department of Microbiology &Peking University Clinical Research Institute, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China;Peking University People's Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Peking University Hepatology Institute, Beijing Key Laboratory of Hepatitis C and Immunotherapy for Liver Diseases, Beijing International Cooperation Base for Science and Technology on NAFLD Diagnosis, Beijing, China;

关键词: SARS-CoV-2;    COVID-19;    Influenza;    Prevention;    Control measures;    China;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

At the end of 2019, an outbreak of pneumonia took place caused by a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 virus), named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A series of strict prevention and control measures were then implemented to reduce the spread of the epidemic. Influenza, another respiratory tract virus, may also respond to these measures. To assess the impact of these measures, we used the total number of passengers movement in mainland China from 2018 to 2020 and daily number of railway passenger flow during the 2020 Spring Festival travel rush to reflect the population movement and to analyze newly and cumulatively confirmed COVID-19 and influenza cases. We found that implementing the series of measures against COVID-19 mitigated both COVID-19 and influenza epidemics in China. Prevention and control measures for COVID-19 might be used to control respiratory tract infections to reduce the national health economic burden caused by these pathogens.

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