Lockdowns may have saved 59,000 lives in Europe – Experts say

Some Experts in Europe Speaks on The current lockdown affecting the world, Proposed by the World Health organization (WHO), reporting, they said, Lockdowns may have saved 59,000 lives in Europe.

Basing their modelling on the numbers of recorded deaths from COVID-19, researchers from Imperial College London said most countries it looked at had likely dramatically reduced the rate at which the virus spreads.

Using the experiences of countries with the most advanced epidemics like Italy and Spain, the study compared actual fatality rates with an estimate of what would have happened with no measures such as school closures, event cancellations and lockdown.

“With current interventions remaining in place to at least the end of March, we estimate that interventions across all 11 countries will have averted 59,000 deaths up to 31 March,” said the report, which was released Monday. Owing to this, Many deaths would be averted the expert says.

The lockdown would limit the spread of the epidemic, and some are already feeling the impacts, he further stated.