Potential role of social distancing in mitigating spread of coronavirus disease, South Korea

Sang Woo Park; Kaiyuan Sun; Cécile Viboud; Bryan T. Grenfell; Jonathan Dushoff

doi:10.3201/EID2611.201099

Potential role of social distancing in mitigating spread of coronavirus disease, South Korea

Sang Woo Park, Kaiyuan Sun, Cécile Viboud, Bryan T. Grenfell, Jonathan Dushoff

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2697-2700
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	26
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/EID2611.201099
State	Published - Nov 2020

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology

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