COVID-19 in Germany and China: mitigation versus elimination strategy

• Main Authors: Guangyu Lu (Author), Oliver Razum (Author), Albrecht Jahn (Author), Yuying Zhang (Author), Brett Sutton (Author), Devi Sridhar (Author), Koya Ariyoshi (Author), Lorenz von Seidlein (Author), Olaf Müller (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic shows variable dynamics in WHO Regions, with lowest disease burden in the Western-Pacific Region. While China has been able to rapidly eliminate transmission of SARS-CoV-2, Germany - as well as most of Europe and the Americas - is struggling with high numbers of cas...