From: The use of out-of-hours primary care during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic
Phase of pandemic | Period in 2020 | Description of phase |
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Phase 0 | weeks 0-8 | Period before the first case of COVID-19, healthcare as usual |
Phase 1 | weeks 9-24 | Period with the first wave of infections starting after the first case of COVID-19 in the Netherlands. Measures included social distancing (keeping 1.5 m distance), closing schools, restaurants, and sports facilities, and working from home (Intelligent lockdown). |
Phase 2 | weeks 25-37 | Period of fewer COVID-19 infections during summer. More limited measures, including social distancing. |
Phase 3 | weeks 38-52 | The second wave of COVID-19 infections. Measures included social distancing, closing schools, restaurants, sports facilities, non-essential stores, working from home, wearing face masks (hard lockdown). |