The UK needs a sustainable strategy for COVID-19

College of Public Health, Biostatistics, Environmental Health and Epidemiology
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Abstract

The UK is well into the second wave of COVID-19, with 60 051 lives lost to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection to date, according to provisional data from the Office for National Statistics. Official UK Government data show that cases have been rising exponentially since late August, 2020, with increases across all regions in England in recent weeks.

 As of Nov 4, 2020, the UK had 25 177 confirmed daily cases. These are almost certainly underestimates as between Oct 17 and Oct 23, 2020, England alone had 52 000 estimated daily cases.

 Estimates of the effective reproduction number in England vary between 1·1 and 1·6.
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Article
Identifier(s)
10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32350-3
Publication Date
2020-11-09
Publication Title
The Lancet
Keywords
Community
College of Public Health
Biostatistics, Environmental Health and Epidemiology
Permalink https://oaks.kent.edu/covid19ksu/uk-needs-sustainable-strategy-covid-19
Gurdasani, D., Bear, L., Bogaert, D., Burgess, R., Busse, R., Cacciola, R., Charpak, Y., Colbourn, T., Drury, J., Friston, K., Gallo, V., Goldman, L., Greenhalgh, T., Hyde, Z., Kuppalli, K., Majumder, M., Martin-Moreno, J., McKee, M., Michie, S., … Ziauddeen, H. (2020). The UK needs a sustainable strategy for COVID-19 (1–). The Lancet. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32350-3
Gurdasani, Deepti, Laura Bear, Debby Bogaert, Rochelle Burgess, Reinhard Busse, Roberto Cacciola, Yves Charpak, et al. 2020. “The UK Needs a Sustainable Strategy for COVID-19”. The Lancet. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32350-3.
Gurdasani, Deepti, et al. The UK Needs a Sustainable Strategy for COVID-19. The Lancet, 9 Nov. 2020, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32350-3.