ECDC expert consultation on the implementation and evaluation of non-pharmaceutical interventions
In order to explore how insights from the implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) during the COVID-19 pandemic may guide further preparedness for COVID-19 – as well as pandemic preparedness and response work in the EU more generally, ECDC organised an expert consultation in June 2022 on the implementation and evaluation of NPIs. This report summarises the findings from that consultation.
Executive summary
It has been well documented that while NPIs implemented during the pandemic demonstrated effectiveness against containing SARS-CoV-2 transmission, they also had many adverse socio-economic impacts. The near-term future for COVID-19 is uncertain, with several plausible scenarios, some of which could require, periodically, consideration of reimplementing certain NPIs. Over the longer-term, pandemic preparedness plans will need to incorporate lessons and insights learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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