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. 2021 Nov 28:375:e067508.
doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-067508.

Aggressive containment, suppression, and mitigation of covid-19: lessons learnt from eight countries

Shishi Wu  1 , Rachel Neill  2 , Chuan De Foo  3 , Alvin Qijia Chua  3 , Anne-Sophie Jung  4 , Victoria Haldane  5 , Salma M Abdalla  6   7 , Wei-Jie Guan  8   9 , Sudhvir Singh  6   10 , Anders Nordström  6 , Helena Legido-Quigley  3   4   6
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Aggressive containment, suppression, and mitigation of covid-19: lessons learnt from eight countries

Shishi Wu et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Shishi Wu and colleagues examine three distinct response strategies for covid-19 in eight countries and argue that aggressive containment is the optimal approach to limiting loss of lives and livelihoods and achievable in the absence of vaccines and effective therapies

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have the following interests to declare: All authors declare no conflict of interest. The Secretariat of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response is independent.

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An illustration of steps to achieving successful containment by using public health interventions built on trust and community engagement coupled with strong political will, health system preparedness, and receptiveness to scientific inputs
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