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. 2023 Feb 8;136(1):1–3. doi: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000002149

Table 1.

List of interventions to stop/control COVID-19.

Type Intervention
Non-pharmacological Universal hygiene interventions (hand hygiene, face masks, social distance, ventilation) Screening and case-finding of asymptomatic carriers of SARS-CoV-2 and of pauci-symptomatic COVID-19
Total and partial lockdowns
Bats (and other animals) for planetary health
Pharmacological Vaccines
Antivirals
Combined management strategies of clinical cases
Testing traditional Chinese Medicine in non-Chinese populations
Fostering a more comprehensive health governance Better coordination and cooperation of international and national health authorities/agencies
Fast, complete, transparent data sharing of clinical and epidemiological data, with the capacity to perform and update real-time meta-analyses and identify risk and protective factors of COVID-19 and its sequelae
Consistency in the legal and executive views on individual civil rights in the exceptional circumstances of pandemic risk
Avoid electoral and political use of Public Health interventions
Unified, clear, simple messages to the general population, to avoid misinformation
Advancing on Universal Health Access to health care systems of good quality, particularly at the primary health care level.

COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019.