Original scientific paper
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
Abstract
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.
Keywords
COVID-19; epidemic; disease control measures; infectious disease epidemiology; public health policy; COVID-19 response
Hrčak ID:
245994
URI
Publication date:
12.11.2020.
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