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

James 2020.

Study characteristics
Study design Mathematical modelling study
  • Description: model‐free estimation of COVID‐19 transmission dynamics

Disease COVID‐19
Travel‐related control measure(s) Border closure and quarantine of travellers
Date of implementation: 16 March 2020: 14‐day quarantine; 20 March 2020: border closure to non‐citizens and non‐residents, 10 April 2020: 14‐day mandatory government‐managed quarantine
Country implementing the measure(s) Country protected by the measure: New Zealand
Country restricted by the measure: n.r.
Outcome(s) Cases avoided due to the measure
  • Outcome 1: number of secondary infections caused by an imported case

  • Outcome 2: probability of an imported case not causing any further infection

  • Follow‐up: n.r.

Notes COI: n.r.
Funding: “This work was funded by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and Te Pūnaha Matatini, New Zealand's Centre of Research Excellence in complex systems.”