Physical distancing interventions and incidence of coronavirus disease 2019: natural experiment in 149 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association between physical distancing interventions and incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) globally.

Design

Natural experiment using interrupted time series analysis, with results synthesised using meta-analysis.

Setting

149 countries or regions, with data on daily reported cases of covid-19 from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and data on the physical distancing policies from the Oxford covid-19 Government Response Tracker.

Participants

Individual countries or regions that implemented one of the five physical distancing interventions (closures of schools, workplaces, and public transport, restrictions on mass gatherings and public events, and restrictions on movement (lockdowns)) between 1 Januar

SUBMITTER: Islam N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7360923 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature