-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to show that early adoption of NPIs is correlated to lower infection and mortality rates. However, due to the … lockdown. Our results reveal how, relative to regions for which the lockdown arrived 10+ days after the pandemic's outbreak …

-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to show that early adoption of NPIs is correlated to lower infection and mortality rates. However, due to the … lockdown. Our results reveal how, relative to regions for which the lockdown arrived 10+ days after the pandemic's outbreak …

European authorities introduced stringent lockdown measures in early 2020 to reduce the transmission of COVID-19. As …

-COVID-19 excess mortality may have been slightly higher that what has been previously estimated. Regarding deaths not due to … ease the pressure on healthcare service systems may adversely affect out-of-hospital mortality from other causes. …

lockdown) and social reaction to available information on the virus'behaviour. We also looked at experience of second waves …

We assess the impact of the timing of lockdown measures implemented in Germany and Switzerland on cumulative COVID-19 … than in others when certain lockdown measures came into force, based on measuring health outcomes relative to the region …

adjust daily COVID-19 deaths to match weekly excess mortality. Focusing on Sweden, the only country that has good data and … did not impose a lockdown, we construct counterfactuals for what would have happened if it had imposed a lockdown, using a …, we find that a lockdown would have had sizable effects already after a week. The 3–4 weeks delay highlighted in previous …

's experience during the ‘Great Lockdown'. Sweden's approach was less stringent and based more on social responsibility than legal …