Evidence-based effective monitoring and control of Covid-19 after the initial outbreak

In this one-year project, 14 groups of epidemiologists, medical researchers, mathematicians, physicists and psychologists from 10 institutions worked together on problems related to the fight against the coronavirus. New methods have been developed to create better models, for example by taking into account travel behavior and regional differences. Besides, there are methods have been developed to better map risk behavior. A large number of relevant questions for corona policy have been studied. Examples are: the effectiveness of contact tracing, the contribution of the CoronaMelder app, mass testing as a means to significantly reduce measures in society, safe ways to organize events, effects of opening or closing schools, the most effective way to limit spread in hospitals and ways to make restaurant visits possible with efficient testing. The results are recorded in 27 scientific articles, all of which will be freely available and largely already are.