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Policy report
Identifying effective policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
Publisher
COVID-19
Pandemics
Disease management
Infectious diseases
Public health
New Zealand
Resources
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Description
This report summarises a series of analyses conducted by the Social Wellbeing Agency to determine the effectiveness of several responses aiming to reduce the spread of COVID-19. This involved comparing data on COVID-19 policies to reported case rates in New Zealand and 49 similar countries.
Key findings:
- The most commonly implemented policies across the countries examined related to containment and closure, such as workplace closures and restriction of movement.
- These type of policies significantly reduced COVID-19 case numbers.
- About 40% of the time, countries introduced or strengthened policies in multiple areas at the same time (across the four groupings of containment and closure; economic; health system; and vaccinations).
Related Information
Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker https://apo.org.au/node/303043
Publication Details
Copyright:
Social Wellbeing Agency 2022
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
3 Aug 2022
