Trend change of the transmission route of COVID-19-related symptoms in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Japanese prime minister declared a state of emergency on April 7 2020 to combat the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This declaration was unique in the sense that it was essentially driven by the voluntary restraint of the residents. We examined the change of the infection route by investigating contact experiences with COVID-19-positive cases.

Study design

This study is a population-level questionnaire-based study using a social networking service (SNS).

Methods

To assess the impact of the declaration, this study used population-level questionnaire data collected from an SNS with 121,375 respondents (between March 27 and May 5) to assess the change in transmission routes over the study period, which was measured by investigating the ass

SUBMITTER: Eguchi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7455197 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature