In-depth Correlation Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Effective Reproduction Number and Mobility Patterns: Three Groups of Countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Many governments have imposed-and are still imposing-mobility restrictions to contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, there is no consensus on whether policy-induced reductions of human mobility effectively reduce the effective reproduction number (Rt) of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Several studies based on country-restricted data reported conflicting trends in the change of the SARS-CoV-2 Rt following mobility restrictions. The objective of this study was to examine, at the global scale, the existence of regional specificities in the correlations between Rt and human mobility.

Methods

We computed the Rt of SARS-CoV-2 using data on worldwide infection cases reported by the Johns Hopkins University, and a

SUBMITTER: Ould Setti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8995941 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature