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. 2021 Dec 1:375:n2330.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.n2330.

Use of contact tracing, isolation, and mass testing to control transmission of covid-19 in China

Yibiao Zhou  1   2   3 , Honglin Jiang  4   2   3 , Quanyi Wang  5 , Meixia Yang  6 , Yue Chen  7 , Qingwu Jiang  4   2   3
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Use of contact tracing, isolation, and mass testing to control transmission of covid-19 in China

Yibiao Zhou et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Qingwu Jiang and colleagues discuss China’s experience of contact tracing, isolation, and quarantine of infected people and their contacts, and mass nucleic acid testing in the second phase of the covid-19 epidemic

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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.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1
The number of daily new cases of covid-19 in mainland China from January 2020 to January 2021
Fig 2
Fig 2
Comparison of the number of people with newly confirmed covid-19 in two areas of Xinjiang region from the first day of each outbreak
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