About the Authors

Oyungerel Byambasuren

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

obyambas@bond.edu.au

Affiliation Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia

Claudia C. Dobler

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia

Katy Bell

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Diana Patricia Rojas

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Division of Tropical Health & Medicine, James Cook University, North Queensland, Australia

Justin Clark

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia

Mary-Louise McLaws

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, Australia

Paul Glasziou

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia

Competing Interests

All authors have completed the ICMJE disclosure form. Prof Mary-Louise McLaws is a member of World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Program Experts Advisory Panel for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Preparedness, Readiness and Response to COVID-19 and WHO IPC Guidance Development Group for COVID-19. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.