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Haug, N., Geyrhofer, L., et al. 2020. “Ranking the effectiveness of worldwide COVID-19 government interventions.” Nature Human Behaviour volume 4, pages 1303–1312 (2020) 16 November 2020

Assessing the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to mitigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2 is critical to inform future preparedness response plans. Here we quantify the impact of 6,068 hierarchically coded NPIs implemented in 79 territories on the effective reproduction number, Rt, of COVID-19. We propose a modelling approach that combines four computational techniques merging statistical, inference and […]

ARTICLE: “Government transition in the time of the COVID-19 crisis: Slovak case”

Government transition in the time of the COVID-19 crisis: Slovak case Juraj Nemec International Journal of Public Leadership 10 August 2020 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJPL-05-2020-0040/full/html Abstract Most media evaluate Slovakia as the most successful European country in the fight against the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Such excellent results have been achieved in a really specific period […]

Auger, K.A., Shah, S.S., et al. 2020. “Association Between Statewide School Closure and COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in the US.” JAMA. 2020;324(9):859–870.

Question  Was statewide school closure associated with decreased incidence and mortality for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? Findings  In this US population–based time series analysis conducted between March 9, 2020, and May 7, 2020, school closure was associated with a significant decline in both incidence of COVID-19 (adjusted relative change per week, −62%) and mortality (adjusted relative change […]