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. 2021 Dec 1:375:n2374.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.n2374.

Importance of public health tools in emerging infectious diseases

Jin-Ling Tang  1   2 , Li-Ming Li  3
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Importance of public health tools in emerging infectious diseases

Jin-Ling Tang et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Jin-Ling Tang and Li-Ming Li argue that despite the lure of vaccines and new drugs, established public health measures will remain our best tool to control covid-19 and future epidemics

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: All authors have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no interests to declare. JLT is a clinical research editor for The BMJ. Provenance and peer review: Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1
Number of confirmed cases of covid-19 in China by date of onset and date of diagnosis (or reporting) with time points of major related events (adapted from Liang et al3)
Fig 2
Fig 2
Daily new cases of covid-19 in Hong Kong from 15 February 2020 to 20 January 2021 and stringency of public health measures assessed by Oxford covid-19 government response index
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