Mobility restrictions were associated with reductions in COVID-19 incidence early in the pandemic: evidence from a real-time evaluation in 34 countries

Abstract Most countries have implemented restrictions on mobility to prevent the spread of Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), entailing considerable societal costs but, at least initially, based on limited evidence of effectiveness. We asked whether mobility restrictions were associated with changes...

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Main Authors: Juhwan Oh, Hwa-Young Lee, Quynh Long Khuong, Jeffrey F. Markuns, Chris Bullen, Osvaldo Enrique Artaza Barrios, Seung-sik Hwang, Young Sahng Suh, Judith McCool, S. Patrick Kachur, Chang-Chuan Chan, Soonman Kwon, Naoki Kondo, Van Minh Hoang, J. Robin Moon, Mikael Rostila, Ole F. Norheim, Myoungsoon You, Mellissa Withers, Mu Li, Eun-Jeung Lee, Caroline Benski, Sookyung Park, Eun-Woo Nam, Katie Gottschalk, Matthew M. Kavanagh, Thi Giang Huong Tran, Jong-Koo Lee, S. V. Subramanian, Martin McKee, Lawrence O. Gostin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92766-z