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. 2021 Mar 4;8(1):73.
doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00859-1.

Dataset on SARS-CoV-2 non-pharmaceutical interventions in Brazilian municipalities

Andreza Aruska de Souza Santos  1 , Darlan da Silva Candido  2 , William Marciel de Souza  2   3 , Lewis Buss  4 , Sabrina L Li  5 , Rafael H M Pereira  6 , Chieh-Hsi Wu  7 , Ester C Sabino  4 , Nuno R Faria  2   4   8
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Dataset on SARS-CoV-2 non-pharmaceutical interventions in Brazilian municipalities

Andreza Aruska de Souza Santos et al. Sci Data. .

Abstract

Brazil has one of the fastest-growing COVID-19 epidemics worldwide. Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) have been adopted at the municipal level with asynchronous actions taken across 5,568 municipalities and the Federal District. This paper systematises the fragmented information on NPIs reporting on a novel dataset with survey responses from 4,027 mayors, covering 72.3% of all municipalities in the country. This dataset responds to the urgency to track and share findings on fragmented policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Quantifying NPIs can help to assess the role of interventions in reducing transmission. We offer spatial and temporal details for a range of measures aimed at implementing social distancing and the dates when these measures were relaxed by local governments.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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(a) Prohibition of non-essential services in the country (red bars) and the cumulative number of municipalities reporting at least one case (black line). (b) Density plots showing dates of adoption and easing of NPIs by municipalities in Brazil. (c) Starting month for easing of NPIs across municipalities in Brazil. (d) Starting month for easing of NPIs in the state of Minas Gerais (MG). NA - not applicable.
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