Isolation and Contact Tracing Can Tip the Scale to Containment of COVID-19 in Populations With Social Distancing

Isolation and Contact Tracing Can Tip the Scale to Containment of COVID-19 in Populations With Social Distancing

SARS-CoV-2 has established itself in all parts of the world, and many countries have implemented social distancing as a measure to prevent overburdening of health care systems. Here we evaluate whether and under which conditions containment of SARS-CoV-2 is possible by isolation and contact tracing...

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Main Authors: Mirjam E. Kretzschmar, Ganna Rozhnova, Michiel van Boven
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Physics
Subjects:
contact tracing
branching process model
effective reproduction number
exponential growth rate
doubling time
social distancing
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2020.622485/full

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