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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Jun 9;26(9).
doi: 10.3201/eid2609.201932. Online ahead of print.
Effects of Proactive Social Distancing on COVID-19 Outbreaks in 58 Cities, China
Zhanwei Du, Xiaoke Xu, Lin Wang, Spencer J Fox, Benjamin J Cowling, Alison P Galvani, Lauren Ancel Meyers
Abstract
Cities across China implemented stringent social distancing measures in early 2020 to curb coronavirus disease outbreaks. We estimated the speed with which these measures contained transmission in cities. A 1-day delay in implementing social distancing resulted in a containment delay of 2.41 (95% CI 0.97-3.86) days.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; epidemiology; nonpharmaceutical interventions; reproduction number; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Jun 9;26(9).
doi: 10.3201/eid2609.201932. Online ahead of print.
Effects of Proactive Social Distancing on COVID-19 Outbreaks in 58 Cities, China
Zhanwei Du, Xiaoke Xu, Lin Wang, Spencer J Fox, Benjamin J Cowling, Alison P Galvani, Lauren Ancel Meyers
- PMID: 32516108
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2609.201932
Abstract
Cities across China implemented stringent social distancing measures in early 2020 to curb coronavirus disease outbreaks. We estimated the speed with which these measures contained transmission in cities. A 1-day delay in implementing social distancing resulted in a containment delay of 2.41 (95% CI 0.97-3.86) days.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; epidemiology; nonpharmaceutical interventions; reproduction number; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.