Keeping Low Reproductive Number Despite the Rebound Population Mobility in Korea, a Country Never under Lockdown during the COVID-19 Pandemic
| Autor: | Eunok Jung, Kyong Ran Peck, Youngsuk Ko, Jonggul Lee, Yae Jean Kim, Soyoung Kim |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Geographic mobility
Seoul Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Population Basic Reproduction Number lcsh:Medicine 01 natural sciences Article lockdown 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Personal hygiene Pandemic Republic of Korea Humans population mobility 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics education Socioeconomics Pandemics education.field_of_study Government Social distance 010102 general mathematics lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health mathematical modeling Outbreak COVID-19 Metropolitan area Geography reproductive number Communicable Disease Control |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 9551, p 9551 (2020) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 17 Issue 24 |
| ISSN: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Nonpharmaceutical intervention has been one of the most important strategies to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 in the communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Korea has a unique experience that we had the first large outbreak during the early pandemic and could flatten the epidemic curve without lockdown. In this study, the effective reproductive numbers were calculated for the entire nation and Seoul (the capital city) Metropolitan Area from February 16&ndash 15 July, where 60% of the population reside. We compared the changes in population mobility data and reproductive number trends according to the changes in the government&rsquo s nonpharmaceutical intervention strategy. The total daily mobility decreased when Korea had the first wave of a large outbreak in February&ndash March 2020, which was mainly caused by the decrease of daily noncommuting mobility. However, daily commuting mobility from 16 February to 30 June 2020 was maintained at a similar level since there was no national lockdown for workers who commute between home and work. During the first half-year of 2020, Korea could control the outbreak to a manageable level without a significant decrease in daily public mobility. However, it may be only possible when the public follows personal hygiene principles and social distancing without crisis fatigue or reduced compliance. |
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