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https://doi.org/10.37797/ig.40.2.1

First three months of COVID-19 in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina – comparative assessment of disease control measures

Nika Lazić ; Department of Epidemiology, Teaching Institute of Public Health “Dr. Andrija Štampar”, Zagreb, Croatia
Vanja Lazić ; Department of Family Medicine, Health Center Zagreb - “Centar”, Zagreb, Croatia
Branko Kolarić orcid.org/0000-0002-0884-4043 ; Department of Public Health Gerontology, Teaching Institute of Public Health “Dr. Andrija Štampar”, Zagreb, Croatia

Sažetak

The uncertainty surrounding the emerging coronavirus threat prompted countries to adopt various disease control measures (DCMs). This study compares the DCMs and the epicurves in Croatia, Slovenia, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia in the first three months of COVID-19 epidemic. The open-source data of COVID-19 confirmed case and the DCMs were analyzed. For comparison between countries, seven benchmark DCMs were used: closure of educational institutions, complete lockdown, borders closure, public transport ban, restriction of movement within the country, easing of the lockdown measure, and the borders re-opening. The time passed from the first detected and confirmed COVID-19 case and each DCM was recorded as well as the time between the epidemic declaration and each DCM. The results describe comparatively the time flow of the DCMs across the countries and relative to the number of confirmed cases.

Ključne riječi

COVID-19; epidemic; disease control measures; infectious disease epidemiology; public health policy; COVID-19 response

Hrčak ID:

245994

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/245994

Datum izdavanja:

12.11.2020.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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