Behavioral changes before lockdown and decreased retail and recreation mobility during lockdown contributed most to controlling COVID-19 in Western countries

• Autores principales: Koen Deforche (Autor), Jurgen Vercauteren (Autor), Viktor Müller (Autor), Anne-Mieke Vandamme (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: BMC, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a lockdown in many countries to control the exponential spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, hereby reducing the time-varying basic reproduction number (R t ) to below one. Governments are looking for evidence to balance the demand of their citizens...