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Impact of a Nationwide Lockdown on SARS-CoV-2 Transmissibility, Italy

Overview
Journal Emerg Infect Dis
Specialty Infectious Diseases
Date 2020 Oct 20
PMID 33080168
Citations 49
Authors
Giorgio Guzzetta
Flavia Riccardo
Valentina Marziano
Piero Poletti
Filippo Trentini
Antonino Bella
Xanthi Andrianou
Martina Del Manso
Massimo Fabiani
Stefania Bellino
Stefano Boros
Alberto Mateo Urdiales
Maria Fenicia Vescio
Andrea Piccioli
Silvio Brusaferro
Giovanni Rezza
Patrizio Pezzotti
Marco Ajelli
Stefano Merler
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Abstract

On March 11, 2020, Italy imposed a national lockdown to curtail the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. We estimate that, 14 days after lockdown, the net reproduction number had dropped below 1 and remained stable at »0.76 (95% CI 0.67-0.85) in all regions for >3 of the following weeks.

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