CoMix: comparing mixing patterns in the Belgian population during and after lockdown
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how a newly emergent communicable disease can lay considerable burden on public health. To avoid system collapse, governments have resorted to several social distancing measures. In Belgium, this included a lockdown and a following period of phased re-opening. A representative sample of Belgian adults was asked about their contact behaviour from mid-April to the beginning of August, during different stages of the intervention measures in Belgium. Use of personal protection equipment (face masks) and compliance to hygienic measures was also reported. We... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Scientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020) |
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| Schlagwörter: | Medicine / R / Science / Q |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26511559 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78540-7 |
Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how a newly emergent communicable disease can lay considerable burden on public health. To avoid system collapse, governments have resorted to several social distancing measures. In Belgium, this included a lockdown and a following period of phased re-opening. A representative sample of Belgian adults was asked about their contact behaviour from mid-April to the beginning of August, during different stages of the intervention measures in Belgium. Use of personal protection equipment (face masks) and compliance to hygienic measures was also reported. We estimated the expected reproduction number computing the ratio of $$hbox