The effects of physical distancing and lockdown to restrain SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in the Italian Municipality of Cogne
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Abstract
The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 started in Wuhan, China, and is now a pandemic. An understanding of the prevalence and contagiousness of the disease, and of whether the strategies used to contain it to date have been successful, is important for understanding future containment strategies. One strategy for controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2 is to adopt strong social distancing policies. The Municipality of Cogne (I), adopted strict lockdown rules from March 4, 2020 up to May 18, 2020. This first wave of the pandemic impressed by the extremely low impact of the SARS-CoV-2 on the locals, compared to the number accused on all the Italian territory. Starting from October 2020 up to the end of December, when the second wave hit Italy and Cogne territory, heavier effects were observed. In order to cast light on the effectiveness of the adopted strategy 74,5% of the local population underwent to a blood screening to detect IgM and IgG antibodies and after six months all the people tested positive were again investigated to establish the longitudinal changes in antibodies level. Moreover, within the context of this survey a rare and interesting case of secondary infection has been identified and here presented.
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Institutional Review Board Statement Consent: All study participants provided written informed consent.
IRB: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Aosta Valley (I).Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Antibodies Sentences Resources 2.1 Sample collection: Cogne’s residents, on 4 and 5 June 2020 were invited by the municipal authority to donate a blood sample for subsequent laboratory test to detect antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2suggested: NoneOn December 15, 2020 (second time-point) Cogne’s Municipality invited people tested positive for IgM and/or IgG [2],[3] to the second blood test, … SciScore for 10.1101/2021.03.19.21253962: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement Consent: All study participants provided written informed consent.
IRB: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Aosta Valley (I).Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Antibodies Sentences Resources 2.1 Sample collection: Cogne’s residents, on 4 and 5 June 2020 were invited by the municipal authority to donate a blood sample for subsequent laboratory test to detect antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2suggested: NoneOn December 15, 2020 (second time-point) Cogne’s Municipality invited people tested positive for IgM and/or IgG [2],[3] to the second blood test, to assess the longitudinal changes in antibodies level within 6 months after the first sample collection. IgG [2],[3suggested: None2.2 Antibody measurement: The serological test was a chemiluminescent micro-particle immunoassay (YHLO iFlash; Pantec s.r.l.) for quantitative detection of IgG (C86095G) and IgM (C86095M) against SARS-CoV-2 Nucleoprotein (N) and Spike glycoprotein (S) [4]. IgM (C86095M) against SARS-CoV-2 Nucleoprotein (N) and Spike glycoprotein (S)suggested: NoneResults from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
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