Impact of lockdown on COVID-19 prevalence and mortality during 2020 pandemic : observational analysis of 27 countries

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to assess the impact of 15 days before, 15 days during, and 15 days after the lockdown on the trends in the prevalence and mortality in 27 countries during COVID-19 pandemic.

METHODS: Twenty-seven countries were randomly selected from the different continents. The information on the trends in the prevalence and mortality due to COVID-19 pandemic in 27 countries was obtained from World Health Organization and lockdown data were obtained from concerned countries and their ministries. The impact of lockdown for 15 days before, 15 days during, and 15 days after the lockdown on the prevalence and mortality due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 27 countries was analyzed.

RESULTS: The findings showed that 15 days after the lockdown there was a trend toward a decline, but no significant decline in the mean prevalence and mean mortality rate due to the COVID-19 pandemic compared to 15 days before, and 15 days during the lockdown in 27 countries. The mean growth factor for number of cases was 1.18 and for mortality rate was 1.16.

CONCLUSIONS: The findings indicate that 15 days after the lockdown, daily cases of COVID-19 and the growth factor of the disease showed a declined trend, but there was no significant decline in the prevalence and mortality.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

European journal of medical research - 25(2020), 1 vom: 10. Nov., Seite 56

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Meo, Sultan Ayoub [VerfasserIn]
Abukhalaf, Abdulelah Adnan [VerfasserIn]
Alomar, Ali Abdullah [VerfasserIn]
AlMutairi, Faris Jamal [VerfasserIn]
Usmani, Adnan Mahmood [VerfasserIn]
Klonoff, David C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID 19
Epidemiological trends
Journal Article
Lockdown
Mortality
Observational Study
Prevalence
Quarantine

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Date Completed 23.11.2020

Date Revised 18.12.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s40001-020-00456-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31735843X