Background All countries experienced social and economic disruption and threats to health
security from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but the responses in terms of control …

Importance Countries have varied enormously in how they have responded to the COVID-19
pandemic, ranging from elimination strategies (eg, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan) to tight …

Introduction Social distancing and lockdown measures are among the main government
responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. These measures aim to limit the COVID-19 infection …

On 29 March 2020, it was noted that globally, two camps are emerging in the policy debate
around how governments should respond to the COVID-19 pandemic [1]. The 'lockdowners' …

Background Policy makers need to be rapidly informed about the potential equity
consequences of different COVID-19 strategies, alongside their broader health and …

Introduction The COVID‐19 pandemic has transformed lives across the world. In the UK, a
public health driven policy of population “lockdown” has had enormous personal and …

In this stated preferences study, we describe for the first time French citizens' preferences for
various epidemic control measures, to inform longer-term strategies and future epidemics …

Objectives To determine health impacts during, and following, an extended community
lockdown and COVID-19 outbreak in the Australian state of Victoria, compared with the rest …

This paper analyses the costs and benefits of lockdown policies in the face of COVID-19.
What matters for people is the quality and length of lives and one should measure costs and …

Lockdown was used worldwide to mitigate the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 and was the cornerstone non-pharmaceutical intervention of zero-COVID …