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  "title": "The Effect of Containment Measures on the COVID-19 Pandemic",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, August 7, 2020",
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  "summary": "Countries have implemented several containment measures to halt the spread of the 2019 coronavirus disease, but it remains unclear the extent to which these unprecedented measures have been successful.",
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      "heading": "Overview and data",
      "content": "- Authors: Pragyan Deb, Davide Furceri, Jonathan David Ostry, Nour Tawk\n- Date: August 7, 2020\n- Data used: daily data on the number of coronavirus disease cases and on real-time containment measures implemented by countries\n- Subjects: Aging, COVID-19, Education, Health, Population and demographics\n- Keywords: Aging; containment measure; containment measures; containment policy; containment stringency index; country characteristic; Covid-19; Global; health sector; pandemics; stringency index; time trend; types containment; WP"
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      "content": "- Containment measures have been \"very effective\" in flattening the “pandemic curve”.\n- There is \"significant heterogeneity across countries\" in the effectiveness of containment measures.\n- Effectiveness is enhanced when measures are:\n  - implemented quickly;\n  - associated with curtailed de facto mobility;\n  - applied in countries with lower temperatures;\n  - applied in countries with lower population density;\n  - applied in countries with a larger share of the elderly in total population;\n  - applied in countries with stronger health systems.\n- Easing of containment measures has resulted in an increase in the number of cases, but the effect has been lower (in absolute value) than that from a tightening of measures.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Working Paper\n  - Working Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Working Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2020/08/07/the-effect-of-containment-measures-on-the-covid-19-pandemic-49572"
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    "Authors: Pragyan Deb, Davide Furceri, Jonathan David Ostry, Nour Tawk",
    "Published: August 7, 2020",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513550268.001",
    "Authors: Pragyan Deb, Davide Furceri, Jonathan David Ostry, Nour Tawk",
    "Date: August 7, 2020",
    "Data used: daily data on the number of coronavirus disease cases and on real-time containment measures implemented by countries",
    "Subjects: Aging, COVID-19, Education, Health, Population and demographics",
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    "Containment measures have been \"very effective\" in flattening the “pandemic curve”.",
    "There is \"significant heterogeneity across countries\" in the effectiveness of containment measures.",
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