Lockdowns result in changes in human mobility which may impact the epidemiologic dynamics of SARS-CoV-2.

ABSTRACT: In response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, unprecedented travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders were enacted around the world. Ultimately, the public's response to announcements of lockdowns-defined as restrictions on both local movement or long distance travel-will determine how effective these kinds of interventions are. Here, we evaluate the effects of lockdowns on human mobility and simulate how these changes may affect epidemic spread by analyzing aggregated mobility data from mobile phones. We show that in 2020 following lockdown announcements but prior to their implementation, both local and long distance movement increased in multiple locations, and urban-to-rural migration was observed around the world. To examine how these behavioral responses to lockdown policies may contribut

SUBMITTER: Kishore N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7997886 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature