Published in The Lancet
Simon Cauchemez, Cécile Tran Kiem, Juliette Paireau, Patrick Rolland, Arnaud Fontanet
Lockdowns have been used by most European countries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In France, a national lockdown was implemented on March 17, 2020. Some have questioned the need for a nationwide implementation given that most hospital admissions were concentrated in two of 13 regions; others have even questioned the impact of the lockdown on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spread, arguing that the natural epidemic peak was about to be reached. Here we discuss the impact of lockdown on COVID-19 epidemics in regions across metropolitan France.
More info at: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32034-1