Evaluating the COVID-19 responses of Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, February–June 2020: a counterfactual modeling study
During the fast-growing first COVID-19 wave, small differences in initial epidemiological situations between countries, together with small differences in the timing and effectiveness of adopting COVID-19 response from neighboring countries, result in large variations in mortality rates.
Authors
- Jacco Wallinga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1725-5627)
- Giske Lagerweij
- Fuminari Miura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8235-757X)
- Pieter de Boer
Institutions
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04071-5
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.10
Funders
- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport
- Robert Koch Institut
- Horizon 2020