Non-pharmaceutical interventions used for COVID-19 had a major impact on reducing influenza in China in 2020

Jing Sun; Zhanli Shi; Hong Xu

doi:10.1093/jtm/taaa064

Non-pharmaceutical interventions used for COVID-19 had a major impact on reducing influenza in China in 2020

J Travel Med. 2020 Dec 23;27(8):taaa064. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taaa064.

Authors

Jing Sun¹, Zhanli Shi¹, Hong Xu¹

Affiliation

¹ Intensive care unit, Hanghzou Red Cross Hospital, Hangzhou City, 310000 China.

Abstract

Stringent non-pharmaceutical measures to contain the COVID-19 outbreak in China also significantly reduced the spread of influenza in the winter season 2020.

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; Wuhan; hand washing; isolation and quarantine; novel coronavirus; pandemic; public health emergency.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / prevention & control*
China / epidemiology
Hand Disinfection
Humans
Incidence
Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
Physical Distancing
SARS-CoV-2*