COVID-19 in New Zealand and the impact of the national response: a descriptive epidemiological study

• Main Authors: Sarah Jefferies, MD (Author), Nigel French, ProfPhD (Author), Charlotte Gilkison, MPH (Author), Giles Graham, BSci (Author), Virginia Hope, MPhil (Author), Jonathan Marshall, PhD (Author), Caroline McElnay, MSc (Author), Andrea McNeill, PhD (Author), Petra Muellner, PhD (Author), Shevaun Paine, MAE (Author), Namrata Prasad, MPH (Author), Julia Scott, MPH (Author), Jillian Sherwood, MBChB (Author), Liang Yang, PhD (Author), Patricia Priest, DPhil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: In early 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, New Zealand implemented graduated, risk-informed national COVID-19 suppression measures aimed at disease elimination. We investigated their impacts on the epidemiology of the first wave of COVID-19 in the country and response performa...