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Imperial College London: Intervention options and testing needs for long-term suppression of COVID-19 transmission, 28 April 2020

Paper prepared by Imperial College London.

• From: Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
• Published: 8 April 2022

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Imperial College London: Intervention options and testing needs for long-term suppression of COVID-19 transmission, 28 April 2020

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Paper by Imperial College London on the potential impact of easing restrictions. This paper was available for participants to read at SAGE 29 on 28 April 2020, but not considered or discussed in the meeting.

This paper is the assessment of the evidence at the time of writing. As new evidence or data emerges, SAGE updates its advice accordingly.

This paper is 1 of 4 papers informing the SPI-M-O: Consensus statement on COVID-19 from SAGE 29, and should be read in that context. It should also be read alongside the other papers informing the consensus statement:

• University of Bristol: Strategies for reducing COVID-19 transmission with social distancing measures, 28 April 2020
• PHE: Impact of gradual reopening strategies using POLYMOD contact data, 28 April 2020
• University of Warwick: Assessment of changes to lock-down and other controls, 26 April 2020

These documents are released as pre-print publications that have provided the government with rapid evidence during an emergency. These documents have not been peer-reviewed and there is no restriction on authors submitting and publishing this evidence in peer-reviewed journals.

Published 8 April 2022