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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Jun 2;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.201886. Online ahead of print.
Effect of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions on Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, South Korea, 2020
Sukhyun Ryu, Seikh Taslim Ali, Cheolsun Jang, Baekjin Kim, Benjamin J Cowling
Abstract
We analyzed transmission of coronavirus disease outside of the Daegu-Gyeongsangbuk provincial region in South Korea. We estimated that nonpharmaceutical measures reduced transmissibility by a maximum of 34% without resorting to a strict lockdown strategy. To optimize epidemic control, continuous efforts to monitor the transmissibility are needed.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; South Korea; coronavirus disease; public health measures; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; transmissibility; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Jun 2;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.201886. Online ahead of print.
Effect of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions on Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, South Korea, 2020
Sukhyun Ryu, Seikh Taslim Ali, Cheolsun Jang, Baekjin Kim, Benjamin J Cowling
- PMID: 32487283
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2610.201886
Abstract
We analyzed transmission of coronavirus disease outside of the Daegu-Gyeongsangbuk provincial region in South Korea. We estimated that nonpharmaceutical measures reduced transmissibility by a maximum of 34% without resorting to a strict lockdown strategy. To optimize epidemic control, continuous efforts to monitor the transmissibility are needed.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; South Korea; coronavirus disease; public health measures; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; transmissibility; viruses; zoonoses.