Journal article
Effectiveness of social distancing measures and lockdowns for reducing transmission of COVID-19 in non-healthcare, community-based settings
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Background
Social distancing measures (SDMs) are community-level interventions that aim to reduce person-toperson contacts in the community, thereby reducing the size and impact of an epidemic or pandemic to protect healthcare capacity. SDMs were a major part of the global response during the COVID-19 pandemic first to contain, then to mitigate, the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the community. Common SDMs included limiting the size of gatherings, closing schools and/or wo...
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- Publication status:
- Accepted
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1098/rsta.2023.0132
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- Publisher:
- The Royal Society
- Journal:
- Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences More from this journal
- Volume:
- 381
- Issue:
- 2257
- Article number:
- 20230132
- Publication date:
- 2023-08-24
- Acceptance date:
- 2023-05-23
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1471-2962
- ISSN:
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1364-503X
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English
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1347830
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pubs:1347830
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2023-05-31
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- 2023
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