Effects of Proactive Social Distancing on COVID-19 Outbreaks in 58 Cities, China.

Du, Zhanwei; Xu, Xiaoke; Wang, Lin; Fox, Spencer J; Cowling, Benjamin J; Galvani, Alison P; Meyers, Lauren Ancel

Du, Zhanwei; Xu, Xiaoke; Wang, Lin; Fox, Spencer J; Cowling, Benjamin J; Galvani, Alison P; Meyers, Lauren Ancel.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 26(9)2020 Sep.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-591915

ABSTRACT

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.

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Betacoronavirus; COVID-19/prevention & control; Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control; Disease Outbreaks/prevention & control; Disease Transmission, Infectious/prevention & control; Pandemics/prevention & control; Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control; COVID-19/epidemiology; China/epidemiology; Cities/epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology; Health Policy; Humans; Physical Distancing; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology; SARS-CoV-2; Time Factors

Keywords

COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; epidemiology; nonpharmaceutical interventions; reproduction number; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Disease Outbreaks / Coronavirus Infections / Disease Transmission, Infectious / Pandemics / Betacoronavirus / COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal subject: Communicable Diseases Year: 2020 Document Type: Article

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