SARS-CoV-2 suppression and early closure of bars and restaurants: a longitudinal natural experiment.
Sci Rep
; 12(1): 12623, 2022 07 23.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1956418
ABSTRACT
Despite severe economic damage, full-service restaurants and bars have been closed in hopes of suppressing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 worldwide. This paper explores whether the early closure of restaurants and bars in February 2021 reduced symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 in Japan. Using a large-scale nationally representative longitudinal survey, we found that the early closure of restaurants and bars decreased the utilization rate among young persons (OR 0.688; CI95 0.515-0.918) and those who visited these places before the pandemic (OR 0.754; CI95 0.594-0.957). However, symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 did not decrease in these active and high-risk subpopulations. Among the more inactive and low-risk subpopulations, such as elderly persons, no discernible impacts are observed in both the utilization of restaurants and bars and the symptoms of SARS-CoV-2. These results suggest that the early closure of restaurants and bars without any other concurrent measures does not contribute to the suppression of SARS-CoV-2.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Sci Rep
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S41598-022-16428-4
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