Isolation of cases and contacts has long been a strategy in the fight against infectious diseases; however, its effectiveness has varied. The modelling study by Joel Hellewell and colleagues qualitatively explored the parameters that determine whether isolation of cases and contacts can successfully contain COVID-19 outbreaks after importation of travel-related cases and initial transmissions.

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破译隔离在控制 COVID-19 爆发方面的力量。

长期以来，隔离病例和接触者一直是抗击传染病的策略；但是，它的有效性各不相同。Joel Hellewell 及其同事的建模研究定性地探索了确定在输入旅行相关病例和初始传播后隔离病例和接触者能否成功遏制 COVID-19 爆发的参数。