Leveraging community mortality indicators to infer COVID-19 mortality and transmission dynamics in Damascus, Syria
oleh: Oliver J. Watson, Mervat Alhaffar, Zaki Mehchy, Charles Whittaker, Zack Akil, Nicholas F. Brazeau, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, Arran Hamlet, Hayley A. Thompson, Marc Baguelin, Richard G. FitzJohn, Edward Knock, John A. Lees, Lilith K. Whittles, Thomas Mellan, Peter Winskill, Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team, Natasha Howard, Hannah Clapham, Francesco Checchi, Neil Ferguson, Azra Ghani, Emma Beals, Patrick Walker
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-04-01 |
Deskripsi
Reported COVID-19 mortality rates have been relatively low in Syria, but there has been concern about overwhelmed health systems. Here, the authors use community mortality indicators and estimate that <3% of COVID-19 deaths in Damascus were reported as of 2 September 2020.