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. 2021 Mar 25;2021(3):CD013717. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013717.pub2

Anderson 2020.

Study characteristics
Study design Mathematical modelling study 
  • Description: extended Bayesian SEIR model

    • Complex Bayesian SEIR model with a compartment for quarantine and two exposed stages (non‐infectious and infectious). Includes modelling of a fixed proportion of the population participating in social distancing behaviour and is estimated separately for each jurisdiction.

Disease COVID‐19
Travel‐related control measure(s) Border closure
  • Relaxation of the closure of national borders

  •  Date of implementation: not specified

Country implementing the measure(s) Country or region protected by the measure: California; Sweden; Ontario; Washington; United Kingdom; Quebec; British Columbia; New York; Germany; Belgium; New Zealand; Japan
Country restricted by the measure: n.r.
Outcome(s) Cases avoided due to the measure
  • Outcome: number of additional cases introduced when one infected traveller enters

  • Follow‐up: 6 weeks after relaxation

Notes COI: n.r.
Funding: “The authors have stated they have no conflict of interest”