Recommended distances for physical distancing during COVID-19 pandemics reveal cultural connections between countries
Dongwoo Chai,
Layla El Mossadeq,
Michel Raymond
et al.
Abstract:During COVID-19 pandemic several public health measures were implemented by diverse countries to reduce the risk of COVID-19, including social distancing. Here we collected the minimal distance recommended by each country for physical distancing at the onset of the pandemic and aimed to examine whether it had an impact on the outbreak dynamics and how this specific value was chosen. Despite an absence of data on SARS-CoV-2 viral transmission at the beginning of the pandemic, we found that most countries recomm… Show more
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