Epidemiology of COVID-19 and effect of public health interventions, Chennai, India, March-October 2020: an analysis of COVID-19 surveillance system.

Jagadeesan MParasuraman GaneshkumarPrabhdeep KaurHemalatha Masanam SriramuluManikandanesan SakthivelPolani Rubeshkumar Mohankumar RajuLakshmidevi MurugesanRaajkumar GanapathiMahalakshmi SrinivasanAswini SukumarKumaravel IlangovanMadhusudhan ReddyDivyadharshini ShanmugamPrakash GovindasamyManoj Vasanth Murhekar

Published in: BMJ open (2022)

The combination of public health strategies might have contributed to controlling the COVID-19 epidemic in a large, densely populated city in India. We recommend continuing the test-trace-isolate strategy and appropriate restrictions to prevent resurgence.

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