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. 2021 Dec 1:375:e066169.
doi: 10.1136/BMJ-2021-066169.

Rapid and sustained containment of covid-19 is achievable and worthwhile: implications for pandemic response

Qiulan Chen  1 , Lance Rodewald  2 , Shengjie Lai  3 , George F Gao  4   5
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Rapid and sustained containment of covid-19 is achievable and worthwhile: implications for pandemic response

Qiulan Chen et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Qiulan Chen and colleagues argue that innovative technological and organisational approaches can overcome important challenges to containment measures early in a pandemic

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare.

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Fig 1
Domestic flights and seasonal gross domestic product (GDP) in different covid-19 epidemic situations. The blue dashed line indicates the level of domestic flights that would have been expected based on the 2019 volume of domestic airline passengers
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Fig 2
Epi-curve and response to covid-19 outbreak in Shijiazhuang, China, January 2021. GC= Gaocheng
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