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ArticleBMJ open2021

Transmission dynamics and the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the COVID-19 outbreak resurged in Beijing, China: a descriptive and modelling study.

Xiaoming Cui, Lin Zhao, Yuhao Zhou, Xin Lin, Runze Ye, Ke Ma, Jia-Fu Jiang, Baogui Jiang, Zhang Xiong, HongHao Shi and 3 more

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. The Analysis of Patterns of Two COVID-19 Outbreak Clusters in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  4. Reconstruction of the Transmission Chain of COVID-19 Outbreak in Beijing's Xinfadi Market, China.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Xiaoming Cui *State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Lin Zhao *Institute of EcoHealth, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0545-4194
Yuhao Zhou *State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0237-5813
Xin Lin *School of Computer Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
Runze YeInstitute of EcoHealth, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
Ke MaState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jia-Fu JiangState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Baogui JiangState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhang XiongMOE Engineering Research Center of ACAT, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
HongHao ShiSchool of Computer Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
Jingyuan WangSchool of Computer Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China jywang@buaa.edu.cn jiana79_41@hotmail.com caowuchun@126.com.
Na JiaState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China jywang@buaa.edu.cn jiana79_41@hotmail.com caowuchun@126.com.
Wuchun CaoState Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, China jywang@buaa.edu.cn jiana79_41@hotmail.com caowuchun@126.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate epidemiological characteristics and transmission dynamics of COVID-19 outbreak resurged in Beijing and to assess the effects of three non-pharmaceutical interventions.

designDescriptive and modelling study based on surveillance data of COVID-19 in Beijing.

settingOutbreak in Beijing.

participantsThe database included 335 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

methodsTo conduct spatiotemporal analyses of the outbreak, we collected individual records on laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 11 June 2020 to 5 July 2020 in Beijing, and visitor flow and products transportation data of Xinfadi Wholesale Market. We also built a modified susceptible-exposed-infected-removed model to investigate the effect of interventions deployed in Beijing.

resultsWe found that the staff working in the market (52.2%) and the people around 10 km to this epicentre (72.5%) were most affected, and the population mobility entering-exiting Xinfadi Wholesale Market significantly contributed to the spread of COVID-19 (p=0.021), but goods flow of the market had little impact on the virus spread (p=0.184). The prompt identification of Xinfadi Wholesale Market as the infection source could have avoided a total of 25 708 (95% CI 13 657 to 40 625) cases if unnoticed transmission lasted for a month. Based on the model, we found that active screening on targeted population by nucleic acid testing alone had the most significant effect.

conclusionsThe non-pharmaceutical interventions deployed in Beijing, including localised lockdown, close-contact tracing and community-based testing, were proved to be effective enough to contain the outbreak. Beijing has achieved an optimal balance between epidemic containment and economic protection.

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COVID-19BeijingChinaCommunicable Disease ControlDisease OutbreaksHumansSARS-CoV-2COVID-19epidemiologypublic health

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PMCPMC8424429

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