A structured open dataset of government interventions in response to COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have implemented a wide range of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs). Monitoring and documenting government strategies during the COVID-19 crisis is crucial to understand the progression of the epidemic. Following a content analysis strategy of e...

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Published in:	Scientific data Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 285
Main Authors:	Desvars-Larrive, Amélie, Dervic, Elma, Haug, Nina, Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas, Chen, Jiaying, Di Natale, Anna, Lasser, Jana, Gliga, Diana S., Roux, Alexandra, Sorger, Johannes, Chakraborty, Abhijit, Ten, Alexandr, Dervic, Alija, Pacheco, Andrea, Jurczak, Ania, Cserjan, David, Lederhilger, Diana, Bulska, Dominika, Berishaj, Dorontinë, Tames, Erwin Flores, Álvarez, Francisco S., Takriti, Huda, Korbel, Jan, Reddish, Jenny, Grzymała-Moszczyńska, Joanna, Stangl, Johannes, Hadziavdic, Lamija, Stoeger, Laura, Gooriah, Leana, Geyrhofer, Lukas, Ferreira, Marcia R., Bartoszek, Marta, Vierlinger, Rainer, Holder, Samantha, Haberfellner, Simon, Ahne, Verena, Reisch, Viktoria, Servedio, Vito D. P., Chen, Xiao, Pocasangre-Orellana, Xochilt María, Garncarek, Zuzanna, Garcia, David, Thurner, Stefan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 27-08-2020 Nature Publishing Group
Subjects:	692/699/255/2514 706/648/697/129 706/689/222 Betacoronavirus Communicable Disease Control Content analysis Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control Coronavirus Infections - therapy Coronaviruses COVID-19 Data Descriptor Datasets Digital curation Epidemics Government Human health and pathology Humanities and Social Sciences Humans Information processing Information sources Intervention Life Sciences multidisciplinary Pandemics Pandemics - prevention & control Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control Pneumonia, Viral - therapy SARS-CoV-2 Science Science (multidisciplinary) Standardization Covid 19
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Summary:	In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have implemented a wide range of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs). Monitoring and documenting government strategies during the COVID-19 crisis is crucial to understand the progression of the epidemic. Following a content analysis strategy of existing public information sources, we developed a specific hierarchical coding scheme for NPIs. We generated a comprehensive structured dataset of government interventions and their respective timelines of implementation. To improve transparency and motivate collaborative validation process, information sources are shared via an open library. We also provide codes that enable users to visualise the dataset. Standardization and structure of the dataset facilitate inter-country comparison and the assessment of the impacts of different NPI categories on the epidemic parameters, population health indicators, the economy, and human rights, among others. This dataset provides an in-depth insight of the government strategies and can be a valuable tool for developing relevant preparedness plans for pandemic. We intend to further develop and update this dataset until the end of December 2020. Measurement(s) time at medical intervention • medical intervention Technology Type(s) digital curation • content analysis strategy of existing information sources Factor Type(s) non-pharmaceutical intervention • date Sample Characteristic - Location global Machine-accessible metadata file describing the reported data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12668792
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ISSN:	2052-4463 2052-4463
DOI:	10.1038/s41597-020-00609-9