Understanding how Victoria, Australia gained control of its second COVID-19 wave

James M. Trauer; Michael J. Lydeamore; Gregory W. Dalton; David Pilcher; Michael T. Meehan; Emma S. McBryde; Allen C. Cheng; Brett Sutton; Romain Ragonnet

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26558-4

Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Understanding how Victoria, Australia gained control of its second COVID-19 wave

James M. Trauer,
Michael J. Lydeamore,
Gregory W. Dalton,
David Pilcher,
Michael T. Meehan,
Emma S. McBryde,
Allen C. Cheng,
Brett Sutton,
Romain Ragonnet

Affiliations

James M. Trauer: School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
Michael J. Lydeamore: Central Clinical School, Monash University
Gregory W. Dalton: Victorian Department of Health, Government of Victoria
David Pilcher: School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
Michael T. Meehan: Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University
Emma S. McBryde: Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University
Allen C. Cheng: School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
Brett Sutton: Victorian Department of Health, Government of Victoria
Romain Ragonnet: School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26558-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The state of Victoria, Australia experienced a substantial second wave of COVID-19 but brought it under control with strict non-pharmaceutical interventions. Here, the authors model the second wave in Victoria to estimate the impacts of the different interventions.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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