Potential Role of Social Distancing in Mitigating Spread of Coronavirus Disease, South Korea

In South Korea, the coronavirus disease outbreak peaked at the end of February and subsided in mid-March. We analyzed the likely roles of social distancing in reducing transmission. Our analysis indicated that although transmission might persist in some regions, epidemics can be suppressed with les...

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Main Authors: Sang Woo Park, Kaiyuan Sun, Cécile Viboud, Bryan T. Grenfell, Jonathan Dushoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/11/20-1099_article