Potential Role of Social Distancing in Mitigating Spread of Coronavirus Disease, South Korea
In South Korea, the coronavirus disease outbreak peaked at the end of February and subsided in mid-March. We analyzed the likely roles of social distancing in reducing transmission. Our analysis indicated that although transmission might persist in some regions, epidemics can be suppressed with less...
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| author | Sang Woo Park Kaiyuan Sun Cécile Viboud Bryan T. Grenfell Jonathan Dushoff |
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| description | In South Korea, the coronavirus disease outbreak peaked at the end of February and subsided in mid-March. We analyzed the likely roles of social distancing in reducing transmission. Our analysis indicated that although transmission might persist in some regions, epidemics can be suppressed with less extreme measures than those taken by China. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-efbeb05816af4079a668bcce147558022022-12-22T01:19:05ZengCenters for Disease Control and PreventionEmerging Infectious Diseases1080-60401080-60592020-11-0126112697270010.3201/eid2611.201099Potential Role of Social Distancing in Mitigating Spread of Coronavirus Disease, South KoreaSang Woo ParkKaiyuan SunCécile ViboudBryan T. GrenfellJonathan DushoffIn South Korea, the coronavirus disease outbreak peaked at the end of February and subsided in mid-March. We analyzed the likely roles of social distancing in reducing transmission. Our analysis indicated that although transmission might persist in some regions, epidemics can be suppressed with less extreme measures than those taken by China.https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/11/20-1099_articleCoronavirus diseaseCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2respiratory diseaseszoonoses |
| spellingShingle | Sang Woo Park Kaiyuan Sun Cécile Viboud Bryan T. Grenfell Jonathan Dushoff Potential Role of Social Distancing in Mitigating Spread of Coronavirus Disease, South Korea Emerging Infectious Diseases Coronavirus disease COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 respiratory diseases zoonoses |
| title | Potential Role of Social Distancing in Mitigating Spread of Coronavirus Disease, South Korea |
| title_full | Potential Role of Social Distancing in Mitigating Spread of Coronavirus Disease, South Korea |
| title_fullStr | Potential Role of Social Distancing in Mitigating Spread of Coronavirus Disease, South Korea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potential Role of Social Distancing in Mitigating Spread of Coronavirus Disease, South Korea |
| title_short | Potential Role of Social Distancing in Mitigating Spread of Coronavirus Disease, South Korea |
| title_sort | potential role of social distancing in mitigating spread of coronavirus disease south korea |
| topic | Coronavirus disease COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 respiratory diseases zoonoses |
| url | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/11/20-1099_article |
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