Slovakia reduced their #COVIDー19 infection prevalence by 61% (50-70) within one week through mass testing during lockdown!
Here is our analysis done in collaboration with MoH Slovakia. Not yet peer reviewed. More detail in the thread below.
cmmid.github.io/topics/covid19…
Here is our analysis done in collaboration with MoH Slovakia. Not yet peer reviewed. More detail in the thread below.
cmmid.github.io/topics/covid19…
Slovakia gradually scaled up their contact restrictions during Oct as cases kept rising. Then introduced mass testing, first in 4 pilot counties, then nation wide and then in 45 high prevalence counties with a week between each.
The average reduction in infection prevalence within a week after the first round was 61%!
After two weeks and two rounds in the pilot counties the reduction was 82%!
This was against an increasing incidence at time of testing, but also with contact restrictions in place
After two weeks and two rounds in the pilot counties the reduction was 82%!
This was against an increasing incidence at time of testing, but also with contact restrictions in place
In a microsimulation model the observed effect was best explained by a combination of a moderately effective lockdown and the effects of mass testing with strong adherence to quarantine of test-positive and their household contacts
Now also on medRxiv: medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
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