Suppression requires more extreme measures, in order to curb the pandemic by reducing the basic reproduction number to less than 1. Part of managing an infectious disease outbreak is trying to mitigate the epidemic peak: c This is called flattening the epidemic curve.
Kukandamiza huitaji hatua ngumu ili kubadilisha janga kubwa kwa kupunguza nambari msingi wa uzalishaji kuwa chini ya 1.Sehemu ya kukabiliana na ugonjwa ya kuambukizwa ni kujaribu kupunguza kilele cha mlipuko, inayojulikana kama kusawazisha mlipuko wa janga.