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Table 2.

Performance of countries that adopted the suppression strategy in the first year of the pandemic

Country	Deaths per million by the end of 2020¹⁰	Quarterly GDP change in 2020 versus the same period in 2019 (%)¹¹ ¹⁹				Results
Country	Deaths per million by the end of 2020¹⁰	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Results
Argentina	948.2	−4.8	−19.9	−10.2	−4.6	Intensive control measures were implemented between March and April 2020 and eased in May 2020. The government tightened control measures (including a new lockdown) when daily incidence started to surge in May 2021.
Uganda	5.3	1.8	−6.0	−2.2	1.6	Uganda’s stringent measures enabled the country to maintain a low number of daily cases since May 2020. In June 2021, as the second epidemic wave started, the country re-introduced mobility restrictions and school closure.
US	1056.6	0.6	−9.1	−2.9	−2.3	The epidemic curve started to flatten in April 2020 after many states implemented stringent control measures in March and April. A second epidemic wave started in June 2020 after relaxation of public health interventions in many states, and a third wave started in October 2020.