Influenza control during the COVID-19 pandemic

Affiliations

¹ Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington 6021, New Zealand; Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: thills@adhb.govt.nz.
² Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington 6021, New Zealand.
³ Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington 6021, New Zealand; Capital and Coast District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand.

Comment

Thomas Hills et al. Lancet. 2020.

. 2020 Nov 21;396(10263):1633-1634.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32166-8. Epub 2020 Oct 22.

¹ Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington 6021, New Zealand; Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: thills@adhb.govt.nz.
² Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington 6021, New Zealand.
³ Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington 6021, New Zealand; Capital and Coast District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand.

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Reduced mortality in New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kung S, Doppen M, Black M, Hills T, Kearns N. Kung S, et al. Lancet. 2021 Jan 2;397(10268):25. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32647-7. Epub 2020 Dec 14. Lancet. 2021. PMID: 33333005 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Decreased Influenza Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic - United States, Australia, Chile, and South Africa, 2020.
Olsen SJ, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Budd AP, Brammer L, Sullivan S, Pineda RF, Cohen C, Fry AM. Olsen SJ, et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Sep 18;69(37):1305-1309. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6937a6. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020. PMID: 32941415 Free PMC article.

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