Alternating quarantine for sustainable epidemic mitigation

Alternating quarantine for sustainable epidemic mitigation

Absent a drug or vaccine, containing epidemic outbreaks is achieved by means of mobility restrictions and lock-downs. Here, the authors propose an alternating quarantine strategy, in which half of the population remains under lockdown while the other half continues to be active, resulting in a drama...

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Main Authors: Dror Meidan, Nava Schulmann, Reuven Cohen, Simcha Haber, Eyal Yaniv, Ronit Sarid, Baruch Barzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20324-8
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spelling doaj-c73f116740634f86b27f1c9df6b866952021-01-17T12:12:48ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232021-01-0112111210.1038/s41467-020-20324-8Alternating quarantine for sustainable epidemic mitigationDror Meidan0Nava Schulmann1Reuven Cohen2Simcha Haber3Eyal Yaniv4Ronit Sarid5Baruch Barzel6Department of Mathematics, Bar-Ilan UniversityDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di MilanoDepartment of Mathematics, Bar-Ilan UniversityDepartment of Mathematics, Bar-Ilan UniversityGraduate School of Business Administration, Bar-Ilan UniversityFaculty of Life Sciences & Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan UniversityDepartment of Mathematics, Bar-Ilan UniversityAbsent a drug or vaccine, containing epidemic outbreaks is achieved by means of mobility restrictions and lock-downs. Here, the authors propose an alternating quarantine strategy, in which half of the population remains under lockdown while the other half continues to be active, resulting in a dramatic reduction in transmission.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20324-8
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description Absent a drug or vaccine, containing epidemic outbreaks is achieved by means of mobility restrictions and lock-downs. Here, the authors propose an alternating quarantine strategy, in which half of the population remains under lockdown while the other half continues to be active, resulting in a dramatic reduction in transmission.
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