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Effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical measures (NPIs) on COVID-19 in Europe: A systematic literature review

2021-11-11 public and global health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundThe study objective was to conduct a systematic review to assess the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Europe during the first wave of the pandemic. MethodsWe searched OVID Medline, EMBASE, and the Cochrane and Campbell Databases for Systematic Reviews published up to April 15th 2021. Focusing on community (meso-level) and society (macro-level) level NPIs, we included all study designs, while a geographic restriction w...

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