Author: Morten Gram Pedersen; Matteo Meneghini
Title: A simple method to quantify country-specific effects of COVID-19 containment measures Document date: 2020_4_10
ID: aqwdg489_31
Snippet: We were also able to estimate that there were ∼1500 of infectious but undetected infectious individuals in Italy at the time of the outbreak around February 21, 2020. Only when a patient with severe symptoms was hospitalized and tested for SARS-nCov2, and the first infected person died from COVID-19 on the following day, wide testing and isolation efforts started, which revealed a large basin of overlooked cases. In contrast, we found a much lo.....
Document: We were also able to estimate that there were ∼1500 of infectious but undetected infectious individuals in Italy at the time of the outbreak around February 21, 2020. Only when a patient with severe symptoms was hospitalized and tested for SARS-nCov2, and the first infected person died from COVID-19 on the following day, wide testing and isolation efforts started, which revealed a large basin of overlooked cases. In contrast, we found a much lower number of hidden cases for New South Wales (Australia) and British Columbia (Canada) at the time of the outbreak, likely because these countries had more time to prepare for the epidemic and starting testing for COVID-19 early.
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