Quantifying the impact of physical distance measures on the transmission of COVID-19 in the UK

Quantifying the impact of physical distance measures on the transmission of COVID-19 in the UK

Abstract Background To mitigate and slow the spread of COVID-19, many countries have adopted unprecedented physical distancing policies, including the UK. We evaluate whether these measures might be sufficient to control the epidemic by estimating their impact on the reproduction number (R 0, the av...

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Main Authors: Christopher I. Jarvis, Kevin Van Zandvoort, Amy Gimma, Kiesha Prem, CMMID COVID-19 working group, Petra Klepac, G. James Rubin, W. John Edmunds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
COVID-19
Contact survey
Pandemic
Disease outbreak
Reproduction number
nCov
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-020-01597-8

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