Public health measures for coronavirus control are the non-pharmaceutical and population-level interventions used to limit the transmission of coronaviruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and to reduce the burden of disease during outbreaks and pandemics. These measures include physical (social) distancing, mask wearing, hand a…
Public health measures for coronavirus control are the non-pharmaceutical and population-level interventions used to limit the transmission of coronaviruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and to reduce the burden of disease during outbreaks and pandemics. These measures include physical (social) distancing, mask wearing, hand and respiratory hygiene, testing and case identification, contact tracing, isolation and quarantine, travel and gathering restrictions, and, alongside them, vaccination campaigns. Their goal is to interrupt chains of transmission, protect vulnerable groups, and prevent health systems from being overwhelmed. The topic also encompasses the modeling and data analysis used to estimate outbreak risk and the effects of interventions, the assessment of mortality and risk, the indirect consequences of control measures on education and society, and challenges to communication such as misinformation. The journal publishes research relevant to these themes, including narrative reviews of COVID-19, modeling and data analysis of outbreak risk, analyses of the risk of death from COVID-19 in specific settings, estimates of the vaccination needed to curb infections, the mental-health context of the pandemic, the impact of the outbreak on education and training, and the role of animals during the pandemic. Together this work reflects how coronavirus control draws on epidemiology, modeling, clinical insight, and public health practice to inform decision-making during infectious-disease emergencies.
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