Journal
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21157-9
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- US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (CEIRS) [HHSN272201400006C]
- US-NIAID [U01 AI 144616]
- NZ Ministry of Health
- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [U01IP000480]
- ESR
- Auckland District Health Board (DHB)
- Counties Manukau DHB
- Capital Coast DHB
- Hutt Valley DHB
- Regional Public Health
- University of Auckland
- University of Otago
- WHO Collaborating Centre at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, USA
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New Zealand has successfully controlled COVID-19 by implementing strict non-pharmaceutical interventions, leading to a significant decline in reports of influenza and other non-influenza respiratory pathogens during the winter months when these interventions were in place.
Stringent nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) such as lockdowns and border closures are not currently recommended for pandemic influenza control. New Zealand used these NPIs to eliminate coronavirus disease 2019 during its first wave. Using multiple surveillance systems, we observed a parallel and unprecedented reduction of influenza and other respiratory viral infections in 2020. This finding supports the use of these NPIs for controlling pandemic influenza and other severe respiratory viral threats. New Zealand has been relatively successful in controlling COVID-19 due to implementation of strict non-pharmaceutical interventions. Here, the authors demonstrate a striking decline in reports of influenza and other non-influenza respiratory pathogens over winter months in which the interventions have been in place.
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