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The impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on the first COVID-19 epidemic wave in South Africa.
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- المؤلفون: Mabuka, Thabo1 (AUTHOR) ; Ncube, Nesisa1 (AUTHOR); Ross, Michael1 (AUTHOR); Silaji, Andrea1 (AUTHOR); Macharia, Willie1 (AUTHOR); Ndemera, Tinashe1 (AUTHOR); Lemeke, Tlaleng1 (AUTHOR)
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BMC Public Health. 8/4/2023, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p1-37. 37p. 2 Diagrams, 15 Charts, 13 Graphs.
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Objective: In this study, we investigated the impact of COVID-19 NPIs in South Africa to understand their effectiveness in the reduction of transmission of COVID-19 in the South African population. This study also investigated the COVID-19 testing, reporting, hospitalised cases, excess deaths and COVID-19 modelling in the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in South Africa. Methods: A semi-reactive stochastic COVID-19 model, the ARI COVID-19 SEIR model, was used to investigate the impact of NPIs in South Africa to understand their effectiveness in the reduction of COVID-19 transmission in the South African population. COVID-19 testing, reporting, hospitalised cases and excess deaths in the first COVID-19 epidemic wave in South Africa were investigated using regressional analysis and descriptive statistics. Findings: The general trend in population movement in South African locations shows that the COVID-19 NPIs (National Lockdown Alert Levels 5,4,3,2) were approximately 30% more effective in reducing population movement concerning each increase by 1 Alert Level. The translated reduction in the effective SARS-CoV-2 daily contact number (β) was 6.12% to 36.1% concerning increasing Alert Levels. Due to the implemented NPIs, the effective SARS-CoV-2 daily contact number in the first COVID-19 epidemic wave in South Africa was reduced by 58.1–71.1% while the peak was delayed by 84 days. The estimated COVID-19 reproductive number was between 1.98 to 0.40. During South Africa's first COVID-19 epidemic wave, the mean COVID-19 admission status in South African hospitals was 58.5%, 95% CI [58.1–59.0] in the general ward, 13.4%, 95% CI [13.1–13.7] in the intensive care unit, 13.3%, 95% CI [12.6–14.0] on oxygen, 6.37%, 95% CI [6.23–6.51] in high care, 6.29%, 95% CI [6.02–6.55] on ventilator and 2.13%, 95% CI [1.87–2.43] in isolation ward respectively. The estimated mean South African COVID-19 patient discharge rate was 11.9 days per patient. While the estimated mean of the South African COVID-19 patient case fatality rate (CFR) in hospital and outside the hospital was 2.06%, 95% CI [1.86–2.25] (deaths per admitted patients) and 2.30%, 95% CI [1.12–3.83](deaths per severe and critical cases) respectively. The relatively high coefficient of variance in COVID-19 model outputs observed in this study shows the uncertainty in the accuracy of the reviewed COVID-19 models in predicting the severity of COVID-19. However, the reviewed COVID-19 models were accurate in predicting the progression of the first COVID-19 epidemic wave in South Africa. Conclusion: The results from this study show that the COVID-19 NPI policies implemented by the Government of South Africa played a significant role in the reduction of COVID-19 active, hospitalised cases and deaths in South Africa's first COVID-19 epidemic wave. The results also show the use of COVID-19 modelling to understand the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of regressor variables in an epidemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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