Investigating the epidemiological and economic effects of a third-party certification policy for restaurants with COVID-19 prevention measures

Abstract This study investigates the effects of a third-party certification policy for restaurants (including bars) that comply with indoor infection-prevention measures on COVID-19 cases and economic activities. We focus on the case of Yamanashi Prefecture in Japan, which introduced a third-party c...

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Main Authors: Kazuya Hirokawa, Jumpei Hirota, Daiji Kawaguchi, Yusuke Masaki, Chiaki Onita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34498-w