FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Evaluating the strategies to control SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant spread in New Caledonia, a Zero COVID country until September 2021 BT AF Ochida, Noé Dupont-Rouzeyrol, Myrielle Moury, Pierre-Henri Demaneuf, Thibaut Gourinat, Ann-Clair Mabon, Sébastien Jouan, Marc Cauchemez, Simon Mangeas, Morgan AS 1:1,2;2:2;3:3,4,5;4:6;5:7;6:6;7:2,4;8:8;9:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:; C1 UMR ENTROPIE, IRD/Univ. Réunion/IFREMER/Univ. de Nouvelle-Calédonie/CNRS, Nouméa, New Caledonia PNC Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Pasteur Network, URE-DA Dengue et Arboviruses Unit, 98845, Nouméa, New Caledonia CHU Grenoble Alpes, Pôle Anesthésie-Réanimation, CS 10217, CEDEX 9, Grenoble, France IPNC Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Pasteur Network, URE-EPI Epidemiology Unit, 98845, Nouméa, New Caledonia Centre Hospitalier Territorial Gaston-Bourret, Intensive Care Unit, Dumbea-Sur-Mer, 98835, New Caledonia DASS Direction des Affaires Sanitaires et Sociales, Nouméa, New Caledonia Centre Hospitalier Territorial Gaston-Bourret, Microbiology Laboratory, Dumbea-Sur-Mer, 98835, New Caledonia Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases Unit, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, UMR2000, CNRS, Paris, France C2 UNIV NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, FRANCE INST PASTEUR, FRANCE CHU GRENOBLE ALPES, FRANCE INST PASTEUR, FRANCE CHT GASTON-BOURRET, FRANCE DASS, FRANCE CHT GASTON-BOURRET, FRANCE INST PASTEUR, FRANCE UM ENTROPIE IN WOS Cotutelle UMR DOAJ copubli-france TC 0 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00844/95642/103408.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00844/95642/103409.zip LA English DT Article DE ;COVID-19;SARS-CoV-2;Zero-COVID;Non-pharmaceutical interventions;Vaccine;Modelling AB Objectives New Caledonia, a former Zero-COVID country, was confronted with a SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant outbreak in September 2021. We evaluate the relative contribution of vaccination, lockdown and timing of interventions on healthcare burden. Methods We developed an age-stratified mathematical model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and vaccination calibrated for New Caledonia and evaluated three alternative scenarios. Results High virus transmission early on was estimated, R0 equal to 6.6 (95% CI [6.4 – 6.7]). Lockdown reduced R0 by 73% (95% CI [70 - 76%]). Easing the lockdown increased transmission (39% reduction of the initial R0); but we did not observe an epidemic rebound. This contrasts with the rebound in hospital admissions (+116% total hospital admissions) that would have been expected in the absence of an intensified vaccination campaign (76,220 people or 34.12% of the eligible population were first-dose vaccinated during one month of lockdown). A 15-day earlier lockdown would have led to a significant reduction in the magnitude of the epidemic (-53% total hospital admissions). Conclusions The success of the response against the Delta variant epidemic in New Caledonia was due to an effective lockdown that provided additional time for people to vaccinate. Earlier lockdown would have greatly mitigated the magnitude of the epidemic. PY 2023 PD SEP SO Ijid Regions SN 2772-7076 PU Elsevier VL 8 UT 001133365200001 BP 64 EP 70 DI 10.1016/j.ijregi.2023.06.004 ID 95642 ER EF