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Effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus

How effective are non-pharmaceutical measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus?

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Client

State Secretariat for Economic Affairs

Project period

2020

Related expertise

Economic Policy, Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Health

Team

Samuel Rutz, Matteo Mattmann, Ann-Kathrin Crede, Michael Funk, Anja Siffert, Melanie Häner

Contact

Samuel Rutz

Project Description

On 27 April 2020, two months after they were first introduced, the federal government started to relax the measures to contain the spread of the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). As of early July, it cannot be ruled out that this easing will lead to a renewed increase of infection rates, or even a ‘second wave’ of infections. This Swiss Economics study provides an overview of available evidence on the effectiveness of various measures, and indicates which measures would be particularly appropriate to implement in case infection rates started to increase again.

Methods

  • Meta-Analysis

Publications

 

 

 

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