Background::Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant is highly transmissible with potential immune escape. Hence, control measures are continuously being optimized to guard against large-scale coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks. This study aimed to explore the relationship between the intensity of control measures in response to different SARS-CoV-2 variants and the degree of outbreak control at city level.Methods::A retrospective study was conducted in 49 cities with COVID-19 outbreaks between January 2020 and June 2022. Epidemiological data on COVID-19 were extracted from the National Health Commission, People’s Republic of China, and the population flow data were sourced from the Baidu migration data provided by the Baidu platform. Outbreak control was quantified by calculating the degree of infection growth and the time-varying reproduction number ( R t). The intensity of the outbreak response was quantified by calculating the reduction in population mobility during the outbreak period. Correlation and regression analyses of the intensity of the control measures and the degree of outbreak control for the Omicron variant and non-Omicron mutants were conducted, respectively. Results::Overall, 65 outbreaks occurred in 49 cities in China from January 2020 to June 2022. Of them, 66.2% were Omicron outbreaks and 33.8% were non-Omicron outbreaks. The intensity of the control measures was positively correlated with the degree of outbreak control ( r = 0.351, P = 0.03). The degree of reduction in population mobility was negatively correlated with the R t value ( r = ? 0.612, P < 0.01). Therefore, under the same control measure intensity, the number of new daily Omicron infections was 6.04 times higher than those attributed to non-Omicron variants, and the R t value of Omicron outbreaks was 2.6 times higher than that of non-Omicron variants. In addition, the duration of non-Omicron variant outbreaks was shorter than that of the outbreaks caused by the Omicron variant (23.0 ± 10.7, 32.9 ± 16.3, t = 2.243, P = 0.031). Conclusions::Greater intensity of control measures was associated with more effective outbreak control. Thus, in response to the Omicron variant, the management to restrict population movement should be used to control its spread quickly, especially in the case of community transmission occurs widely. Faster than is needed for non-Omicron variants, and decisive control measures should be imposed and dynamically adjusted in accordance with the evolving epidemic situation.

COVID-19;SARS-CoV-2;Outbreak;Population flow;Time-varying reproduction number

Zheng Jin-Xin;Lv Shan;Tian Li-Guang;Guo Zhao-Yu;Zheng Pei-Yong;Chen Yue-Lai;Guan Shi-Yang;Wang Wei-Ming;Zhang Shun-Xian

Department of Nephrology, Ruijin Hospital, Institute of Nephrology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, People’s Republic of China;Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research), NHC Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, National Center for International Research On Tropical Diseases, National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Shanghai 200025, People’s Republic of China;Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200032, People’s Republic of China;Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, People’s Republic of China;School of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, People’s Republic of China;One Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University–The University of Edinburgh, Shanghai 200025, People’s Republic of China

贫困所致传染病（英文）

[1]Zheng Jin-Xin;Lv Shan;Tian Li-Guang;Guo Zhao-Yu;Zheng Pei-Yong;Chen Yue-Lai;Guan Shi-Yang;Wang Wei-Ming;Zhang Shun-Xian-.The rapid and efficient strategy for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron transmission control: analysis of outbreaks at the city level)[J].贫困所致传染病（英文）,2022(06):38-49

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